CVE-2013-5972

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

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

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-18 05:23:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-11-19 15:07:00

Affected Software

VMWare Workstation 9.0

9.0

VMWare Workstation 9.0.1

9.0.1

VMWare Workstation 9.0.2

9.0.2

VMWare Player 5.0

5.0

VMWare Player 5.0.1

5.0.1

VMWare Player 5.0.2

5.0.2

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0013.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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