Filed Under (Software, security) by Telix on February-25-2008

Core Security Technologies reported today that it has discovered a vulnerability in VMware’s desktop virtualization software. This flaw can allow attackers to gain complete control of a system and launch potently dangerous executable files. With this flaw malicious user–or an application–running on VMware’s desktop software can break out of its isolated environment and gain access to the system. VMware is reported about this vulnerability and said that it works on fixing these issues soon. For now, it is recommended that users disable shared folders for all virtual machines that use the feature.





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