CVE-2001-1059

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

VMWare creates a temporary file vmware-log.USERNAME with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify license information.

VMWare creates a temporary file vmware-log.USERNAME with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify license information.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-07-30 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

VMWare VMWare 2.0

2.0

References

5475

20010730 vmware bug?

Vendor Advisory

3119

Patch, Vendor Advisory

vmware-obtain-license-info(6925)

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