CVE-2013-1406 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-1406

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in...

Vulnerability Description

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

workstation, fusion, view, esxi, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 8.0.0.18997, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.27038, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 9.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 5.0, 5.0.1, 4.0.0, 4.5, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 4.0, 5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 11th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.