Infection through a Virtual machine setup

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Author: raednashat PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:58 pm    Post subject: Infection through a Virtual machine setup
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Hi,

In a virtual setup , is it posible for the host to infect the guest machine or vice versa?

Kindly explain

Thanks

Author: AdvocateLocation: Amsterdam, NL PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:06 pm    Post subject:
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Through security holes in the VM software it IS possible yes.

Author: AdamVLocation: Leeds, UK PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:24 am    Post subject:
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How about this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-049.mspx

Author: Ipsec Espah PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:05 pm    Post subject:
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I would think it would also be possible over a the pseudo network connection, if your host or guest OS is vulnerable.

Author: PhiBerLocation: Your MBR PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:29 am    Post subject:
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Yes, it is possible.

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These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the host operating system, which could be used to break out of the virtual machine. Although not trivial to construct, this attack is remote and requires no user interaction for success.

Once an attacker has control over the host operating system, additional attacks could be leveraged to compromise the entire virtual network.



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