CVE-2003-1291

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

VMware ESX Server 1.5.2 before Patch 4 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as root via certain modified VMware ESX Server environment variables.

VMware ESX Server 1.5.2 before Patch 4 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as root via certain modified VMware ESX Server environment variables.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

VMWare ESX 1.5.2

First reported 21 years ago

2003-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch1

1.5.2

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch2

1.5.2

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch3

1.5.2

References

21585

Patch

http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx152-patch4.html

Patch

http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=dsxk*BWh&p_lva=&p_faqid=1108

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