CVE-2008-0967

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

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.

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2008-06-05 20:32:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

VMware Player 1.0.0

1.0.0

VMware Player 1.0.1

1.0.1

VMware Player 1.0.2

1.0.2

VMware Player 1.0.3

1.0.3

VMWare Player 1.0.4

1.0.4

VMware Player 1.0.5

1.0.5

VMware Player 1.0.6

1.0.6

VMWare Player 2.0

2.0

VMware Player 2.0.1

2.0.1

VMware Player 2.0.2

2.0.2

VMware Player 2.0.3

2.0.3

VMWare Server 1.0.3

1.0.3

VMWare VMWare Workstation 5.5.1

5.5.1

VMWare VMWare 5.5.3

5.5.3

VMWare VMWare 5.5.4

5.5.4

VMWare VMWare 6.0

6.0

VMWare ESX 3.0.0

3.0.0

VMWare ESX 3.0.1

3.0.1

VMWare ESX 3.0.2

3.0.2

References

20080604 VMware Multiple Products vmware-authd Untrusted Library Loading Vulnerability

30556

Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201209-25

3922

1020198

20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

29557

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Vendor Advisory

ADV-2008-1744

Vendor Advisory

vmware-vmwareauthd-privilege-escalation(42878)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583

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