CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2007-02-21
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-16