CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%
The version of VMware Player installed on the remote Windows host is 12.x prior to 12.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the drag-and-drop feature due to an out-of-bounds memory access error. An attacker within the guest can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the host system.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(95288);
script_version("1.8");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7461");
script_bugtraq_id(94280);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2016-0019");
script_name(english:"VMware Player 12.x < 12.5.2 Drag-and-Drop Feature Arbitrary Code Execution (VMSA-2016-0019)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the VMware Player version.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is
affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of VMware Player installed on the remote Windows host is
12.x prior to 12.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary code
execution vulnerability in the drag-and-drop feature due to an
out-of-bounds memory access error. An attacker within the guest can
exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the host system.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to VMware Player version 12.5.2 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-7461");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:player");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("vmware_player_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated", "installed_sw/VMware Player");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("install_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
install = get_single_install(app_name:"VMware Player", exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
version = install['version'];
path = install['path'];
fix = '';
if (version =~ "^12\.") fix = '12.5.2';
if (!empty(fix) && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
if (!port) port = 445;
report +=
'\n Path : ' + path +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix +
'\n';
security_report_v4(port:port, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, "VMware Player", version, path);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%