CERTA-2008-AVI-547
Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité affectant les produits VMware permet à une personne malintentionnée d'élever ses privilèges.

Description

Une erreur dans l'émulation du matériel permet à une personne malveillante d'élever ses privilèges sur la machine victime. Il est nécessaire pour exploiter cette vulnérabilité de disposer d'un compte utilisateur ayant les droits suffisants pour exécuter une application.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

None
Impacted products
Vendor Product Description
VMware ESXi VMware ESXi 3.x ;
VMware N/A VMware ACE 1.x ;
VMware N/A VMware Player 1.x ;
VMware N/A VMware ACE 2.x ;
VMware ESXi VMware ESXi 2.x.
VMware N/A VMware Player 2.x ;
VMware N/A VMware Workstation 6.x ;
VMware N/A VMware Server 1.x ;
VMware N/A VMware Workstation 5.x ;
References

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  "$ref": "https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/openapi.json",
  "affected_systems": [
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      "description": "VMware ESXi 3.x ;",
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        "vendor": {
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          "scada": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "VMware ACE 1.x ;",
      "product": {
        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
          "scada": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "VMware Player 1.x ;",
      "product": {
        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
          "scada": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "VMware ACE 2.x ;",
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        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
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        }
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        }
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        "name": "N/A",
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          "scada": false
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      }
    },
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    },
    {
      "description": "VMware Workstation 5.x ;",
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        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
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  ],
  "affected_systems_content": null,
  "content": "## Description\n\nUne erreur dans l\u0027\u00e9mulation du mat\u00e9riel permet \u00e0 une personne\nmalveillante d\u0027\u00e9lever ses privil\u00e8ges sur la machine victime. Il est\nn\u00e9cessaire pour exploiter cette vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 de disposer d\u0027un compte\nutilisateur ayant les droits suffisants pour ex\u00e9cuter une application.\n\n## Solution\n\nSe r\u00e9f\u00e9rer au bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u0027\u00e9diteur pour l\u0027obtention des\ncorrectifs (cf. section Documentation).\n",
  "cves": [
    {
      "name": "CVE-2008-4915",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4915"
    }
  ],
  "initial_release_date": "2008-11-07T00:00:00",
  "last_revision_date": "2008-11-07T00:00:00",
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 VMware VMSA-2008-0018 du 06 novembre    2008 :",
      "url": "http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html"
    }
  ],
  "reference": "CERTA-2008-AVI-547",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "description": "version initiale.",
      "revision_date": "2008-11-07T00:00:00.000000"
    }
  ],
  "risks": [
    {
      "description": "\u00c9l\u00e9vation de privil\u00e8ges"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Une vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 affectant les produits VMware permet \u00e0 une personne\nmalintentionn\u00e9e d\u0027\u00e9lever ses privil\u00e8ges.\n",
  "title": "Vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 dans les produits VMware",
  "vendor_advisories": [
    {
      "published_at": null,
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 VMware VMSA-2008-0018 du 06 novembre 2008",
      "url": null
    }
  ]
}


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