CVE-2013-1662

Published Aug 24, 2013

Last updated 11 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.9
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html "The issue is present when Workstation or Player are installed on a Debian-based version of Linux."
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations