Description
VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5, when a Windows 8.1 guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel NULL pointer dereference and guest OS crash) via unspecified vectors.
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0005.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126869/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0005.html
- 1030310 vdb-entry
- 1030311 vdb-entry
- 20140530 NEW VMSA-2014-0005 - VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation mailing-list
- 58894 third-party-advisory