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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:51:20 +0300, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:34:45 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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>> It occurred to me this morning that a hacker could have gained access |
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>> to my system via the vmware guest OS (XP) and then deleted the |
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>> contents of vmware/ to cover his tracks. Does that sound like a |
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>> possibility? |
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> Not unless you have the vmware directory mounted within the guest OS. The |
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> VM cannot access filesystems on the host unless they are created as disks |
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> on the VM or network mounted. |
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This is correct, but if the virtual machine is on the same network as the |
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host, then it is posible to get the VM, than the host, and finally to |
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delete the VM. |
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Theoretically it is also possible to get to the host through the VmWare |
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Tools, provided they are installed on the guest, but I have never heard |
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this done. |
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Andrei Gerasimenko |
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