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.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Vmware | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 5.0.1 (including) | 5.0.1 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 5.0.2 (including) | 5.0.2 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 5.0.3 (including) | 5.0.3 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 5.0.4 (including) | 5.0.4 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.2 (including) | 6.0.2 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.3 (including) | 6.0.3 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.4 (including) | 6.0.4 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.5 (including) | 6.0.5 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 6.0.6 (including) | 6.0.6 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 7.1 (including) | 7.1 (including) |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: