VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:36841

Info

VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36841
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-2267
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 27 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 27 2009 09:18PM
Credit: Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team
Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.5.3
VMWare Workstation 6.5.2
VMWare Workstation 6.5.1
VMWare Workstation 6.5 build 118166
VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 build 156735
VMWare Server 2.0.1 build 156745
VMWare Server 2.0.1
VMWare Server 1.0.9 build 156507
VMWare Server 1.0.9
VMWare Server 1.0.8 build 126538
VMWare Server 1.0.8
VMWare Server 1.0.7 build 108231
VMWare Server 1.0.7
VMWare Server 1.0.6 build 91891
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 Server 2.0
VMWare Player 2.5.3
VMWare Player 2.5.2 build 156735
VMWare Player 2.5.2
VMWare Player 2.5.1
VMWare Player 2.5 build 118166
VMWare Fusion 2.0.6
VMWare Fusion 2.0.5
VMWare Fusion 2.0.4
VMWare Fusion 2.0.3
VMWare Fusion 2.0.2 build 147997
VMWare Fusion 2
VMWare ESXi Server 4.0
VMWare ESXi Server 3.5 ESXe350-20090440
VMWare ESXi Server 3.5
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3 ESX303-200905401-SG
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3 ESX303-200812406-BG
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX-1008420
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 3.0
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 9
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 8
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 patch 13
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 12
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 11
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 10
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 21
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 patch 19
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 2.5.3 Patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 7
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 6
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 13
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.5
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1 build 6403
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0 build 5257
VMWare ESX Server 2.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.5 ESX350-200906407
VMWare ESX Server 3.5 ESX350-200904401
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.2 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 1
VMWare ACE 2.5.2 build 156735
VMWare ACE 2.5.2
VMWare ACE 2.5.1
VMWare ACE 2.5 build 118166
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 build 185404
VMWare Server 2.0.2 Build 203138
VMWare Server 1.0.10 Build 203137
VMWare Player 2.5.3 build 185404
VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 Build 196839
VMWare ESXi Server 4.0 ESXi400-20090940
VMWare ESXi Server 3.5 ESXe350-20091040
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3 ESX303-200910401-BG
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.5 patch 15
VMWare ESX Server 4.0 ESX400-200909401
VMWare ESX Server 3.5 ESX350-200910401
VMWare ACE 2.5.3 Build 185404

Discussion

VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VMware products are prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability because they fail to properly handle certain page faults.

An attacker can exploit this issue to run arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successful attacks will completely compromise affected computers.

Note that this issue does not affect the host operating system.

Exploit / POC

VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for details.


VMWare ESXi Server 3.5

VMWare ESX Server 3.5

VMWare Server 1.0.9

VMWare Player 2.5.2

References

VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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