VMSA-2013-0014 VMware Workstation, Fusion, ESXi and ESX patches address a guest privilege escalation (remote check)

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  3. VMSA-2013-0014 VMware Workstation, Fusion, ESXi and ESX patches address a guest privilege escalation (remote check)
Summary
VMware Workstation, Fusion, ESXi and ESX patches address a vulnerability in the LGTOSYNC.SYS driver which could result in a privilege escalation on older Windows-based Guest Operating Systems.
Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).
Insight
a. VMware LGTOSYNC privilege escalation. VMware ESX, Workstation and Fusion contain a vulnerability in the handling of control code in lgtosync.sys. A local malicious user may exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the memory allocation. This could result in a privilege escalation on 32-bit Guest Operating Systems running Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server on ESXi and ESX or Windows XP on Workstation and Fusion. The vulnerability does not allow for privilege escalation from the Guest Operating System to the host. This means that host memory can not be manipulated from the Guest Operating System.
Affected
VMware Workstation 9.x prior to version 9.0.3 VMware Player 5.x prior to version 5.0.3 VMware Fusion 5.x prior to version 5.0.4 VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201304102 VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201303102 VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201301402 VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201305401 VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201301401 VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201305401
Detection
Check the build number.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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