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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
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 Server — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.5
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.1, 5.5.3, 5.5.4
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/30556 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583 (signature, vdb-entry)