VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:41568

Info

VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 41568
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-2427
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:05AM
Credit: Claudio Criscione of Secure Network
Vulnerable: VMWare Studio 2.0
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Studio 2.1

Discussion

VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VMWare Studio is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on systems running the affected application.

The issue affects VMWare Studio 2.0.

Exploit / POC

VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

References

VMWare Studio Temporary Files Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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