CVE-2013-1406

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1406
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-11 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1.3 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 5.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.0.0 u2 All All
Application Vmware View 4.5 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.6.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.6.1 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.0 u2 All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.0.18997 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1.27038 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2013-0002.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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