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TITLE:
VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48782

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48782/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=48782

RELEASE DATE:
2012-04-13

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/48782/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
 * Last Update
 * Popularity
 * Comments
 * Criticality Level
 * Impact
 * Where
 * Solution Status
 * Operating System / Software
 * CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/48782/

ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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 * Report Reliability
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 * Systems Affected
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 * Remediation Status
 * Secunia CVSS Score
 * CVSS

https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=48782

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in multiple VMware products, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the application setting insecure
permissions on the VMware Tools folder and can be exploited to gain
escalated privileges on Windows-based guest operating systems.

Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected products and
versions.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version (please see the vendor's advisory for
details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Tavis Ormandy.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMware:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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