CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2007-1056

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 HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%VMwareVMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2281
http://osvdb.org/45244
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461807/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460664/100/0/threaded
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2007-02-21 11:28

Updated : 2018-10-16 04:36

NVD link : CVE-2007-1056

Mitre link : CVE-2007-1056

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-264