CVE-2013-1662 (GCVE-0-2013-1662)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-24 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debian… | x_refsource_MISC |
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