Description
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.
References
- 81694 vdb-entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16863 vdb-entry signature
- 49032 third-party-advisory
- 53369 vdb-entry
- vmware-esxserver-floppy-priv-esc(75376) vdb-entry
- 1027019 vdb-entry