Vigil@nce - VMware ESXi/Workstation: denial of service via GuestInfo
January 2021 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: ESXi, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, VMware
Workstation.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 18/12/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can trigger a fatal error via
GuestInfo of VMware ESXi/Workstation, in order to trigger a denial
of service on the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESXi-Workstation-denial-of-service-via-GuestInfo-34166