Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801143
Category:	Privilege escalation
Title:	VMware Products Guest Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Nov 2009) - Linux
Summary:	VMWare product(s) are prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VMWare product(s) are prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: An error occurs while setting the exception code when a '#PF' (page fault) exception arises and can be exploited to gain escalated privileges within the VMware guest. Vulnerability Impact: Local attacker can exploit this issue to gain escalated privileges in a guest virtual machine. Affected Software/OS: VMware Server version 2.0.x prior to 2.0.2 Build 203138, VMware Server version 1.0.x prior to 1.0.10 Build 203137, VMware Player version 2.5.x prior to 2.5.3 Build 185404, VMware Workstation version 6.5.x prior to 6.5.3 Build 185404 on Linux. Solution: Upgrade your VMWare product according to the referenced vendor advisory. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2267 BugTraq ID: 36841 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36841 Bugtraq: 20091027 Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507539/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8473 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023082 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023083 http://secunia.com/advisories/37172 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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