What is CVE-2013-1662?

CVE-2013-1662 is a vulnerability in VMware Player, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-08-24.

Is CVE-2013-1662 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in VMware Player

CVE-2013-1662

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.

Published 2013-08-24 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.046 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Player — versions 4.0, 4.0.0.18997, 4.0.1
VMware Workstation — versions 8.0, 8.0.0.18997, 8.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html (Vendor Advisory)
blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1662?: CVE-2013-1662 is a vulnerability in VMware Player, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-08-24.
Is CVE-2013-1662 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.