NEW VMSA-2014-0005 - VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation

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VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0005
Synopsis: VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address
a guest privilege escalation
Issue date: 2014-05-29
Updated on: 2014-05-29 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2014-3793

1. Summary

   VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a
   vulnerability in VMware Tools which could result in a privilege
   escalation on Microsoft Windows 8.1.

2. Relevant Releases

   VMware Workstation 10.x prior to version 10.0.2

   VMware Player 6.x prior to version 6.0.2

   VMware Fusion 6.x prior to version 6.0.3

   ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201403102-SG
   ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201404102-SG
   ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201405102-SG

3. Problem Description

   a. Guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools

   A kernel NULL dereference vulnerability was found in VMware
   Tools running on Microsoft Windows 8.1. Successful exploitation
   of this issue could lead to an escalation of privilege in the
   guest operating system.

   VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security
   Team for reporting this issue to us.

   The vulnerability does not allow for privilege escalation from
   the Guest Operating System to the host. This means that host
   memory can not be manipulated from the Guest Operating System.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the name CVE-2014-3793 to this issue.

   Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
   remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
   available.

   VMware Product Running Replace with/
   Product Version on Apply Patch *
   ============== ======= ======= =============

   Workstation 10.x any 10.0.2 or later
   Workstation 9.x any Not affected **

   Player 6.x any 6.0.2 or later
   Player 5.x any Not affected **

   Fusion 6.x OSX 6.0.3 or later
   Fusion 5.x OSX Not affected **

   ESXi 5.5 ESXi ESXi550-201403102-SG
   ESXi 5.1 ESXi ESXi510-201404102-SG
   ESXi 5.0 ESXi ESXi500-201405102-SG

   • After the update or patch is applied, VMware Guest Tools must
     be updated in any pre-existing Windows 8.1 Guest Operating System
     followed by a reboot of the guest system.

   ** Workstation 9.x, Player 5.x and Fusion 5.x do not support
   Windows 8.1 Guest Operating Systems

4. Solution

   Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
   and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

   Workstation 10.x

   https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation

   VMware Player 6.x

   https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer

   Fusion 6.x

   https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion

   ESXi 5.5

   File: update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01.zip
   md5sum: 5773844efc7d8e43135de46801d6ea25
   sha1sum: 6518355d260e81b562c66c5016781db9f077161f
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2065832
   update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01 contains ESXi550-201403102-SG

   ESXi 5.1

   File: ESXi510-201404001.zip
   md5sum: 9dc3c9538de4451244a2b62d247e52c4
   sha1sum: 6b1ea36a2711665a670afc9ae37cdd616bb6da66
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2070666
   ESXi510-201404001 contains ESXi510-201404102-SG

   ESXi 5.0

   File: ESXi500-201405001.zip
   md5sum: 7cd1afc97f5f1e4b4132c90835f92e1d
   sha1sum: 4bd77eeb5d7fc65bbb6f25762b0fa74fbb9679d5
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075521
   ESXi500-201405001 contains ESXi500-201405102-SG

5. References

   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3793

6. Change Log

   2014-05-29 VMSA-2014-0005
   Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
   ESXi 5.0 patches on 2014-05-29

7. Contact

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   http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce

   This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

   • security-announce at lists.vmware.com
   • bugtraq at securityfocus.com
   • fulldisclosure at seclists.org

   E-mail: security at vmware.com
   PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055

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   Copyright 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.

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