Privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation and VMware Player by injecting a thread| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:36450 | Date: (C)2016-08-04 (M)2021-06-06 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.7, 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.7 or 7.x before 7.1.1 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails handle a thread injection, Successful exploitation allows host OS users to gain host 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 |
