CVE-2007-1056 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting weak file and registry permissions to execute privileged VMware tools operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1056?
CVE-2007-1056 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 21 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1056?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1056?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1056 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-1056 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1056 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Workstation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9pr8-r22q-3qxg.