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CVE-2008-0967

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/06/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools