Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1509 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in VMWare View 4.0.0/4.5/4.6.0
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2012-0005.NASL description a. VMware Tools Display Driver Privilege Escalation The VMware XPDM and WDDM display drivers contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities and the XPDM display driver does not properly check for NULL pointers. Exploitation of these issues may lead to local privilege escalation on Windows-based Guest Operating Systems. VMware would like to thank Tarjei Mandt for reporting theses issues to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2012-1509 (XPDM buffer overrun), CVE-2012-1510 (WDDM buffer overrun) and CVE-2012-1508 (XPDM null pointer dereference) to these issues. Note: CVE-2012-1509 doesn last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 58362 published 2012-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58362 title VMSA-2012-0005 : VMware vCenter Server, Orchestrator, Update Manager, vShield, vSphere Client, Workstation, Player, ESXi, and ESX address several security issues code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2012-0005. # The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(58362); script_version("1.52"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/24 15:02:54"); script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0405", "CVE-2011-3190", "CVE-2011-3375", "CVE-2011-3389", "CVE-2011-3546", "CVE-2011-3547", "CVE-2011-3554", "CVE-2012-0022", "CVE-2012-1508", "CVE-2012-1510", "CVE-2012-1512"); script_bugtraq_id(43331, 49353, 49778, 50211, 50215, 50216, 50218, 50220, 50223, 50224, 50226, 50229, 50231, 50234, 50236, 50237, 50239, 50242, 50243, 50246, 50248, 50250, 51447, 52525); script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2012-0005"); script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2010-B-0083"); script_name(english:"VMSA-2012-0005 : VMware vCenter Server, Orchestrator, Update Manager, vShield, vSphere Client, Workstation, Player, ESXi, and ESX address several security issues"); script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patches"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "a. VMware Tools Display Driver Privilege Escalation The VMware XPDM and WDDM display drivers contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities and the XPDM display driver does not properly check for NULL pointers. Exploitation of these issues may lead to local privilege escalation on Windows-based Guest Operating Systems. VMware would like to thank Tarjei Mandt for reporting theses issues to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2012-1509 (XPDM buffer overrun), CVE-2012-1510 (WDDM buffer overrun) and CVE-2012-1508 (XPDM null pointer dereference) to these issues. Note: CVE-2012-1509 doesn't affect ESXi and ESX. b. vSphere Client internal browser input validation vulnerability The vSphere Client has an internal browser that renders html pages from log file entries. This browser doesn't properly sanitize input and may run script that is introduced into the log files. In order for the script to run, the user would need to open an individual, malicious log file entry. The script would run with the permissions of the user that runs the vSphere Client. VMware would like to thank Edward Torkington for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-1512 to this issue. In order to remediate the issue, the vSphere Client of the vSphere 5.0 Update 1 release or the vSphere 4.1 Update 2 release needs to be installed. The vSphere Clients that come with vSphere 4.0 and vCenter Server 2.5 are not affected. c. vCenter Orchestrator Password Disclosure The vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) Web Configuration tool reflects back the vCenter Server password as part of the webpage. This might allow the logged-in vCO administrator to retrieve the vCenter Server password. VMware would like to thank Alexey Sintsov from Digital Security Research Group for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-1513 to this issue. d. vShield Manager Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability The vShield Manager (vSM) interface has a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability. If an attacker can convince an authenticated user to visit a malicious link, the attacker may force the victim to forward an authenticated request to the server. VMware would like to thank Frans Pehrson of Xxor AB (www.xxor.se<http://www.xxor.se>) and Claudio Criscione for independently reporting this issue to us The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-1514 to this issue. e. vCenter Update Manager, Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.6.0_30 Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_30, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.6.0_29 and JRE 1.6.0_30 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of October 2011. The References section provides a link to this advisory. f. vCenter Server Apache Tomcat update 6.0.35 Apache Tomcat has been updated to version 6.0.35 to address multiple security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2011-3190, CVE-2011-3375, CVE-2011-4858, and CVE-2012-0022 to these issues. g. ESXi update to third-party component bzip2 The bzip2 library is updated to version 1.0.6, which resolves a security issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-0405 to this issue." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2012/000198.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patches."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/03/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version"); script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("vmware_esx_packages.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi"); if ( !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") && !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); init_esx_check(date:"2012-03-15"); flag = 0; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESX 4.0", patch : "ESX400-201110401-SG", patch_updates : make_list("ESX400-201111201-SG", "ESX400-201203401-SG", "ESX400-201205401-SG", "ESX400-201206401-SG", "ESX400-201209401-SG", "ESX400-201302401-SG", "ESX400-201305401-SG", "ESX400-201310401-SG", "ESX400-201404401-SG", "ESX400-Update04") ) ) flag++; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESX 4.1", patch : "ESX410-201110201-SG", patch_updates : make_list("ESX410-201201401-SG", "ESX410-201204401-SG", "ESX410-201205401-SG", "ESX410-201206401-SG", "ESX410-201208101-SG", "ESX410-201211401-SG", "ESX410-201301401-SG", "ESX410-201304401-SG", "ESX410-201307401-SG", "ESX410-201312401-SG", "ESX410-201404401-SG", "ESX410-Update02", "ESX410-Update03") ) ) flag++; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESX 4.1", patch : "ESX410-201208101-SG", patch_updates : make_list("ESX410-201211401-SG", "ESX410-201301401-SG", "ESX410-201304401-SG", "ESX410-201307401-SG", "ESX410-201312401-SG", "ESX410-201404401-SG", "ESX410-Update03") ) ) flag++; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESXi 4.1", patch : "ESXi410-201110202-UG", patch_updates : make_list("ESXi410-Update02", "ESXi410-Update03") ) ) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 5.0", vib:"VMware:esx-base:5.0.0-0.10.608089")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:esx_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Windows NASL id VMWARE_VIEW_MULTIPLE_VMSA_2012_0004.NASL description The VMware View, formerly VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure components (Agent or Server), on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.6.1. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XPDM and WDDM display drivers and a NULL pointer dereference in WDDM display driver that could allow local attackers to elevate privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-1508, CVE-2012-1509, CVE-2012-1510) - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists where input passed via view manager portal is not properly validated. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted URL, which could result in execution of arbitrary script code. (CVE-2012-1511) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63684 published 2013-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63684 title VMware View Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0004)
Oval
accepted | 2013-07-29T04:01:17.227-04:00 | ||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||
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description | Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors. | ||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17151 | ||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||
submitted | 2013-06-20T10:26:26.748+04:00 | ||||||||||||
title | VMware Tools Display Driver Privilege Escalation | ||||||||||||
version | 18 |
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48379
- http://osvdb.org/80116
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151