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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY

An attacker can use the WebWorks Help in order to generate a Cross
Site Scripting in VMware applications.

Severity: 2/4

Consequences: client access/rights

Provenance: document

Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack

Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)

Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)

Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)

Creation date: 16/12/2009

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

– VMware ESX
– VMware Server
– VMware vCenter

DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY

The WebWorks Help (wwhelp) format is used to create online help
pages. It is included in several VMware applications:
– VMware WebAccess (vCenter, ESX, VMware Server)
– Lab Manager
– Stage Manager

However, a Cross Site Scripting was announced in WebWorks Help. It
also impacts VMware products.

An attacker can therefore invite the victim to access to a
malicious url, in order to execute JavaScript code in the context
of impacted VMware products.

CHARACTERISTICS

Identifiers: CVE-2009-3731, VIGILANCE-VUL-9295, VMSA-2009-0017

http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-WebWorks-Help-9295