Vulnerability Name:

CCN-28476

Published:2006-08-16
Updated:2006-08-16
Summary:VMware Workstation for Windows is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by insecure use of the vielib.dll Virtual Disk COM object. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary partition tables, if the attacker could persuade victim using VMware to visit a malicious Web page.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BID-19551
VMware Partition Table Deletion Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Web site
VMware Workstation

Source: CCN
Type: XSec Security Advisory XSec-06-05
VMware 5.5.1 for Windows arbitrary partition table delete issue.

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-wks-partition-dos(28476)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    vmware workstation 5.5.1