Vulnerability in VMware Esx
CVE-2008-0967
Untrusted search path vulnerability in vmware-authd in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.7 build 91707 and 6.x before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.7 build 91707 and 2.x before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware Server before 1.0.6 build 91891 on Linux, and VMware ESXi 3.5 and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5, allows local users to gain privileges via a library path option in a configuration file.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Vmware Esx — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Vmware Esxi — versions 3.5
- Vmware Esx_server — versions 2.5.5, 3.1, 3.2
- Vmware Player — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Vmware Server — versions 1.0.3
- Vmware Vmware_server — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Vmware Vmware_workstation — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.5
- Vmware Workstation — versions 5.5.1, 5.5.3, 5.5.4
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)