CVE-2008-3761 Information

Description

hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted IOCTL request.

Reference

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4177 http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.17.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30737 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020715 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44539 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6262