RSSSecurity Vulnerability Found in VMware
By Nate Mook | Published December 21, 2005, 4:12 PM
A "very serious" security vulnerability has been discovered in VMware's line of virtual computing products, including VMware Workstation, GSX Server, ACE and VMware Player. The flaw could enable malware to effectively "jump" from the virtual machine onto the real computer running VMware software.
"Since VMware is used heavily in malware research, this is an obvious danger," says Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. VMware has posted updates to the affected products, which customers are urged to download immediately. Alternatively, users can disable the NAT service, which contains the vulnerability.
That's why I use Microsoft VirtualPC instead. =:D
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then you are a fool.
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And Microsoft has always been immune to nasty vulnerabilities?
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Um...
*gasp*
A NAT gateway to my host PC means the guest OS can communicate to the Host?
Shocking!
...Idiots.
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Thats just about the worst exploit you could have with this kind of software!
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Good thing they patched it immediately then!
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