80117 : VMware View WDDM Display Driver Unspecified Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-03-15

Description

VMware View is prone to an overflow condition. The program fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input related to the WDDM display driver resulting in a buffer overflow. This may potentially allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

VMware, Inc.	VMware View	4.0
		4.6

References

Security Tracker: 1026814 1026818
CVE ID: 2012-1510 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 48378 48379
Bugtraq ID: 52524
ISS X-Force ID: 74097
Related OSVDB ID: 80115 80116 80118
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html

Credit

Tarjei Mandt

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-03-19 | Disagree?

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