CVE-2013-5972

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
18/11/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.3 and VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.3 on Linux do not properly handle shared libraries, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*