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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
42.8%
VMWare product(s) are prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800007");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-29 16:48:05 +0200 (Mon, 29 Sep 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2100");
script_xref(name:"CB-A", value:"08-0093");
script_name("VMware VIX API Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2008-0009) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/30556");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29552");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Player 1.x - before 1.0.7 build 91707 on Windows
VMware Player 2.x - before 2.0.4 build 93057 on Windows
VMware Server 1.x - before 1.0.6 build 91891 on Windows
VMware Workstation 5.x - before 5.5.7 build 91707 on Windows
VMware Workstation 6.x - before 6.0.4 build 93057 on Windows
VMware ACE 2.x - before 2.0.4 build 93057 on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"VMware VIX API (Application Program Interface) fails to adequately bounds
check user supplied input before copying it to insufficient size buffer.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMWare product(s) are prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade VMware Product(s) to below version,
VMware Player 1.0.7 build 91707 or 2.0.4 build 93057 or later
VMware Server 1.0.6 build 91891 or later
VMware Workstation 5.5.7 build 91707 or 6.0.4 build 93057 or later
VMware ACE 2.0.4 build 93057");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code
on the affected system and local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
Successful exploitation requires that the vix.inGuest.enable configuration
value is enabled.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
if(!get_kb_item("VMware/Win/Installed")){
exit(0);
}
vmplayerVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Player/Win/Ver");
if(vmplayerVer)
{
if(ereg(pattern:"^(1\.0(\.[0-6])?|2\.0(\.[0-3])?)$",
string:vmplayerVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
vmserverVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Server/Win/Ver");
if(vmserverVer)
{
if(ereg(pattern:"^1\.0(\.[0-5])?$", string:vmserverVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
vmworkstnVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Workstation/Win/Ver");
if(vmworkstnVer)
{
if(ereg(pattern:"^(5\.([0-4](\..*)?|5(\.[0-6])?)|6\.0(\.[0-3])?)$",
string:vmworkstnVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
vmaceVer = get_kb_item("VMware/ACE/Win/Ver");
if(!vmaceVer){
vmaceVer = get_kb_item("VMware/ACE\Dormant/Win/Ver");
}
if(vmaceVer)
{
if(ereg(pattern:"^2\.0(\.[0-3])?$", string:vmaceVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}