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CVE-2013-1662

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
24/08/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

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:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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