Newly found Vulnerabilities
02/25/08:
VMware Releases Security Alert
VMware has released a security alert in response to
vulnerability in Windows-hosted VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware
ACE. This vulnerability exists in the host-to-guest shared folders feature and
allows applications running in the guest operating system to access the host
operating system's file system. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an
attacker to circumvent the controls on the guest system and gains read and
write access to the host file system.
We encourage users to review VMware knowledge base article 1004034 and apply the workarounds.