Privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation and VMware Player via an application that performs a crafted memory allocationID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:36436 | Date: (C)2016-08-04 (M)2021-09-11 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.3 or VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.3 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle an application that performs a crafted memory allocation. Successful exploitation allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Product: |
VMware Player |
VMware Workstation |