CVE-2013-1406 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit improper memory allocation in VMware VMCI to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows and ESXi systems.
- 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-2013-1406?
CVE-2013-1406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 11 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1406?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware View, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1406?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-1406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqcr-m2wp-rwvf.