Vigil@nce - VMware Workstation: executing DLL code via Cortado Thinprint
February 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: VMware Workstation.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights.
Provenance: intranet server.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 20/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a malicious Cortado Thinprint DLL, and then
put it in the current directory of VMware Workstation, in order to
execute code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-Workstation-executing-DLL-code-via-Cortado-Thinprint-31209