Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	72338
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8370
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 27 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	May 12 2015 07:53PM
Credit:	Shanon Olsson
Vulnerable:	VMWare ESXi 5.0 Avaya Aura System Manager 6.2 Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.2.1 Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.2 Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1.1 Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple VMware products are prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the host operating system.

The following products are affected:

Workstation 10.0 through 10.0.4
Player 6.0 through 6.0.4
Fusion 6.0 through 6.0.4
ESXi 5.5
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote 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].

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• VMware Homepage (VMware)