VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual floppy device, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/81694 | vdb entry |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16863 | vdb entry signature |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49032 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 | vdb entry |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75376 | vdb entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019 | vdb entry |