New VMSA-2016-0019 – VMware product updates address multiple information disclosure issues

Posted by VMware Security Response Center on Nov 13

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VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2016-0019
Severity: Critical
Synopsis: VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address critical
out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability
Issue date: 2016-11-13
Updated on: 2016-11-13 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2016-7461

1. Summary

VMware Workstation and Fusion…

Unexpected behavior of cmd.exe while processing .bat files leads to potential command injection vulnerabilities

Posted by Julian Horoszkiewicz on Nov 13

Unexpected behavior of cmd.exe while processing .bat files leads to
potential command injection vulnerabilities
Tested on: Windows 7, Windows 10
Author: Julian Horoszkiewicz

It was discovered that cmd.exe, when processing .bat files, treats the
ASCII substitute character (code 26) as a command separator (like & or |).
This opens the way for unexpected command injection vulnerabilities in
applications which generate .bat files based on user…