VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the "VMware tools service" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read & Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\VMware\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-02-21T23:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T12:43:22.571Z
Reserved: 2007-02-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-1056
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-02-21T23:28:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:27:24.067
Link: CVE-2007-1056
Redhat
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