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
Low
EPSS
Percentile
36.6%
VMWare products are prone to a local privilege escalation
vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801561");
script_version("2023-07-28T16:09:07+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 16:09:07 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-12-13 15:28:53 +0100 (Mon, 13 Dec 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4297");
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_name("VMware Products Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2010-0018) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Privilege escalation");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
code with elevated privileges, this may aid in other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Server version 2.x
VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 328052 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548
VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in Tools update functionality, which
allows host OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS via unspecified vectors.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMWare products are prone to a local privilege escalation
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("VMware/Win/Installed"))
exit(0);
vmplayerVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Player/Win/Ver");
if(vmplayerVer != NULL )
{
if(version_in_range(version:vmplayerVer, test_version:"2.5", test_version2:"2.5.4") ||
version_in_range(version:vmplayerVer, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.1.1"))
{
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 != NULL)
{
if(version_in_range(version:vmworkstnVer, test_version:"6.5", test_version2:"6.5.4")||
version_in_range(version:vmworkstnVer, test_version:"7.0", test_version2:"7.1.1"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}
# VMware Server
vmserVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Server/Win/Ver");
if(vmserVer)
{
if(vmserVer =~ "^2.*"){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}