Potentially dangerous VMWare caveat that malware analysts might want to be aware of: NAT mode also creates a bridge between guest and host, so the guest can connect to services running on the host, and interfere with network shares.
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Virtual Box doesn't seem to expose host network shares to the guest, but guest can still connect to any services running on the host.
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The best solution is to have a middleman VM that runs a router OS, then connect malware VM to router VM and router VM to host. Will write up how to do that for those who don't know.
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Or just set the "*NdisDeviceType" registry value for vmnet8 to 0, and Windows will treat the NAT adapter as a regular network adapter, as opposed to an endpoint device. https://web.archive.org/web/20171101100911/http://aspoc.net:80/archives/2008/10/30/unidentified-network-issue-with-vmwares-virtual-nics-in-vista/ … As such, network connections from a VM guest will be processed by the Windows Firewall.pic.twitter.com/atIcgWJ7xH
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