Vulnerability CVE-2015-3650


Published: 2015-07-10

Description:
vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Vmware -> Horizon view client 
Vmware -> Player 
Vmware -> Workstation 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.html
https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/

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