VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:29557

Info

VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29557
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0967
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 04 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 01 2012 07:01PM
Credit: iDefense
Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.0.4
VMWare Workstation 6.0.3 Build 80004
VMWare Workstation 6.0.3
VMWare Workstation 6.0.2
VMWare Workstation 6.0.1
VMWare Workstation 6.0
VMWare Workstation 5.5.7
VMWare Workstation 5.5.6 Build 80404
VMWare Workstation 5.5.6
VMWare Workstation 5.5.5
VMWare Workstation 5.5.4 build 44386
VMWare Workstation 5.5.4
VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build 42958
VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685
VMWare Server 1.0.6
VMWare Server 1.0.5 Build 80187
VMWare Server 1.0.5
VMWare Server 1.0.4
VMWare Server 1.0.3
VMWare Server 1.0.2
VMWare Player 2.0.4
VMWare Player 2.0.3 Build 80004
VMWare Player 2.0.2
VMWare Player 2.0.1
VMWare Player 2.0
VMWare Player 1.0.6 Build 80404
VMWare Player 1.0.6
VMWare Player 1.0.5
VMWare Player 1.0.4
VMWare Player 1.0.3
VMWare Player 1.0.2
VMWare Player 1.0.1 Build 19317
VMWare Player
VMWare ESXi Server 3.5
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 3.0
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 6
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 3
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 17
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 16
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 patch 15
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 patch 13
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 10
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 1
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 5
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 build 93057
VMWare Workstation 5.5.7 build 91707
VMWare Server 1.0.6 build 91891
VMWare Player 2.0.4 build 93057
VMWare Player 1.0.7 build 91707
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 patch 19

Discussion

VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VMware is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to use a secure library path in a setuid-superuser application.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain superuser privileges, completely compromising an affected computer.

This issue affects VMware on the Linux platform, VMware ESX, and VMware ESXi.

Exploit / POC

VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.

References

VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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