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CERTA-2011-AVI-178

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: - Updated:

Une vulnérabilité dans l'utilitaire vmrun permet à un utilisateur local malveillant d'élever ses privilèges.

Description

Un utilisateur local malveillant peut utiliser la commande vmrun avec des privilèges élevés, si celui-ci peut inclure des fichiers dans des répertoires contenant des bibliothèques.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Une mise à jour pour VMWare VIX pour Linux sera prochainement disponible selon l'éditeur.

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Impacted products
Vendor Product Description
VMware N/A VMWare Workstation pour Linux versions 7.x jusqu'à 7.1.3 incluse ;
VMware N/A VMWare Workstation pour Linux versions 6.x jusqu'à 6.5.5 incluse ;
VMware N/A VMWare VIX API pour Linux versions 1.x jusqu'à 1.10.2 incluse.
References

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{
  "$ref": "https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/openapi.json",
  "affected_systems": [
    {
      "description": "VMWare Workstation pour Linux versions 7.x jusqu\u0027\u00e0 7.1.3 incluse ;",
      "product": {
        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
          "scada": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "VMWare Workstation pour Linux versions 6.x jusqu\u0027\u00e0 6.5.5 incluse ;",
      "product": {
        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
          "scada": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "VMWare VIX API pour Linux versions 1.x jusqu\u0027\u00e0 1.10.2 incluse.",
      "product": {
        "name": "N/A",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "VMware",
          "scada": false
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "affected_systems_content": null,
  "content": "## Description\n\nUn utilisateur local malveillant peut utiliser la commande vmrun avec\ndes privil\u00e8ges \u00e9lev\u00e9s, si celui-ci peut inclure des fichiers dans des\nr\u00e9pertoires contenant des biblioth\u00e8ques.\n\n## Solution\n\nSe r\u00e9f\u00e9rer au bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u0027\u00e9diteur pour l\u0027obtention des\ncorrectifs (cf. section Documentation). Une mise \u00e0 jour pour VMWare VIX\npour Linux sera prochainement disponible selon l\u0027\u00e9diteur.\n",
  "cves": [
    {
      "name": "CVE-2011-1126",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1126"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 VMware VMSA-2011-0006 du 30 mars 2011    :",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0006.html"
    }
  ],
  "reference": "CERTA-2011-AVI-178",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "description": "version initiale.",
      "revision_date": "2011-03-30T00:00:00.000000"
    }
  ],
  "risks": [
    {
      "description": "\u00c9l\u00e9vation de privil\u00e8ges"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Une vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 dans l\u0027utilitaire \u003cspan class=\"textit\"\u003evmrun\u003c/span\u003e\npermet \u00e0 un utilisateur local malveillant d\u0027\u00e9lever ses privil\u00e8ges.\n",
  "title": "Vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 dans VMWare",
  "vendor_advisories": []
}



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