VMware Tools HGFS Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
05 June 2008

iDefense have published an advisory for a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2007-5671) in the VMware Tools HGFS driver which was discovered by Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security.

You can read the full iDefense advisory here:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712

And the VMware advisory here:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Labels: Advisories