Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-3959 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in VMWare Esxi, Fusion and Workstation
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0) contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 14 | |
OS | 184 |
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 MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FUSION_VMSA_2020_0011.NASL description The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 11.x prior to 11.5.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-10 modified 2020-06-03 plugin id 137076 published 2020-06-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/137076 title VMware Fusion 11.x < 11.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0011) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include('compat.inc'); if (description) { script_id(137076); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/08"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3957", "CVE-2020-3958", "CVE-2020-3959"); script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2020-0011"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0234"); script_name(english:"VMware Fusion 11.x < 11.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0011)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 11.x prior to 11.5.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. 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-2020-0011.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kb.vmware.com/kb/59146"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update to VMware Fusion version 11.5.5 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2020-3957"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:fusion"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_fusion_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "installed_sw/VMware Fusion"); exit(0); } include('vcf.inc'); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Fusion'); constraints = [ { 'min_version' : '11.0', 'fixed_version' : '11.5.5' } ]; vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2020-0011.NASL description b. Denial-of-service vulnerability in Shader functionality (CVE-2020-3958) Description : VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine last seen 2020-06-11 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 137047 published 2020-06-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/137047 title VMSA-2020-0011 : VMware ESXi updates address multiple security vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2020-0011. # The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(137047); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/10"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3958", "CVE-2020-3959"); script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2020-0011"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0234"); script_name(english:"VMSA-2020-0011 : VMware ESXi updates address multiple security vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patches"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote VMware ESXi host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "b. Denial-of-service vulnerability in Shader functionality (CVE-2020-3958) Description : VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition. c. Memory leak vulnerability in VMCI module (CVE-2020-3959) Description : VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2020/000496.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patches."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N/I:N/A:L"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-3959"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 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:"2020-05-28"); flag = 0; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.5", vib:"VMware:esx-base:6.5.0-3.126.16207673")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.5", vib:"VMware:esx-tboot:6.5.0-3.126.16207673")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.5", vib:"VMware:vsan:6.5.0-3.126.15965595")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.5", vib:"VMware:vsanhealth:6.5.0-3.126.15965596")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.7", vib:"VMware:esx-base:6.7.0-3.99.15999342")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.7", vib:"VMware:esx-update:6.7.0-3.99.15999342")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.7", vib:"VMware:vsan:6.7.0-3.99.15853015")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 6.7", vib:"VMware:vsanhealth:6.7.0-3.99.15853016")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:esx_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Windows NASL id VMWARE_WORKSTATION_VMSA_2020_0011.NASL description The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 15.x prior to 15.1.0 or 15.x prior to 15.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-10 modified 2020-06-03 plugin id 137077 published 2020-06-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/137077 title VMware Workstation 15.x < 15.1.0 / 15.x < 15.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0011)