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vmw-logger

A VMWare logger using built-in backdoor

3 releases

0.1.2 Oct 13, 2024
0.1.1 Oct 13, 2024
0.1.0 Oct 13, 2024

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vmw-logger-rs

A VMware logger rust crate that leverages an undocumented built-in backdoor for guest-host interaction with no_std support.

How to enable

To enable this functionality, add the following lines to the *.VMX file:

replay.enableBackdoorPutChar = "TRUE"
log.guestThrottleBytesPerSec = "100000000"
log.throttleBytesPerSec = "100000000"
log.append = "FALSE"
log.keep = "FALSE"

Credits

  • jessie (intege_rs)
  • YushiOMOTE

Dependencies

~86KB