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CVE-2013-1406

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 Fu…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 8.0, 8.0.0.18997, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.27038, 8.0.2, 8.0.3
VmwareFusion
Versions 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 5.0, 5.0.1
VmwareView
Versions 4.0.0, 4.5, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 5.0, 5.0.0
VmwareEsxi
Versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1
VmwareEsx
Versions 4.0, 4.1

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References