CVE-2007-1056
Published: 21 February 2007
VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the "VMware tools service" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read & Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\VMware\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| kees | appears to be Windows-only, or Workstation-only |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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vmware-player Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
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| edgy |
Ignored
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| feisty |
Ignored
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| gutsy |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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vmware-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
| edgy |
Does not exist
|
|
| feisty |
Ignored
|
|
| gutsy |
Ignored
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|