CVE-2014-8370

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.

VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

VMWare

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-29 18:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

VMWare Workstation 10.0

10.0

VMWare Workstation 10.0.1

10.0.1

VMWare Workstation 10.0.2

10.0.2

VMWare Workstation 10.0.3

10.0.3

VMWare ESXi 5.0

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 1

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 2

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.1 Update 1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.5

5.5

References

JVN#88252465

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

JVNDB-2015-000007

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

62551

62605

62669

72338

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1031642

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1031643

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

vmware-cve20148370-priv-esc(100933)

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