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.
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