fkie_cve-2013-1662
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2013-08-24 01:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 8.x and 9.x and VMware Player 4.x and 5.x, on systems based on Debian GNU/Linux, allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted lsb_release binary in a directory in the PATH, related to use of the popen library function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware workstation 8.0
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997
vmware workstation 8.0.1
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038
vmware workstation 8.0.2
vmware workstation 8.0.3
vmware workstation 8.0.4
vmware workstation 8.0.5
vmware workstation 8.0.6
vmware workstation 9.0
vmware workstation 9.0.1
vmware workstation 9.0.2
vmware player 4.0
vmware player 4.0.0.18997
vmware player 4.0.1
vmware player 4.0.2
vmware player 4.0.3
vmware player 4.0.4
vmware player 4.0.5
vmware player 4.0.6
vmware player 5.0
vmware player 5.0.1
vmware player 5.0.2


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