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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion | Vmware | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Fusion | Vmware | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) |
| Fusion | Vmware | 6.0.2 (including) | 6.0.2 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 10.0 (including) | 10.0 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 10.0.1 (including) | 10.0.1 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.0-1 (including) | 5.0-1 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.0-2 (including) | 5.0-2 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.1 (including) | 5.1 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.1-1 (including) | 5.1-1 (including) |
| Esxi | Vmware | 5.5 (including) | 5.5 (including) |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126869/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58894
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532236/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030310
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030311
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0005.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126869/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58894
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532236/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030310
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030311
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0005.html