Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5522 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in VMWare Tools

047910
CVSS 7.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
vmware
CWE-125
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-06-06
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on the same Windows guest machine.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Vmware
18
OS
Microsoft
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idVMWARE_TOOLS_WIN_VMSA_2019_0009.NASL
descriptionThe version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is 10.2.x / 10.3.s prior to 10.3.10. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure / denial of service vulnerability due to an out of bounds read vulnerability in the vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack against the guest Windows machine vmtools is installed on. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id125884
published2019-06-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125884
titleVMware Tools 10.2.x / 10.3.x < 10.3.10 Information Disclosure / Denial of Service Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0009)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(125884);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5522");
  script_bugtraq_id(108673);
  script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0009");

  script_name(english:"VMware Tools 10.2.x / 10.3.x < 10.3.10 Information Disclosure / Denial of Service Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0009)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the VMware Tools version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A virtualization tool suite is installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure / denial 
of service vulnerability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is 10.2.x / 10.3.s prior to 10.3.10. It is, therefore,
affected by an information disclosure / denial of service vulnerability due to an out of bounds read vulnerability in
the vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this to leak kernel
information or create a denial of service attack against the guest Windows machine vmtools is installed on. 

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to VMware Tools version 10.3.10 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5522");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/06/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:vmware_tools");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("vmware_tools_installed.nbin", "vmware_vsphere_detect.nbin", "vmware_esxi_detection.nbin");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated", "installed_sw/VMware Tools", "Host/ESXi/checked");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Tools', win_local:TRUE);
constraints = [{ 'min_version' : '10.2.0', 'fixed_version' : '10.3.10' }];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_NOTE);

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