MEDIUM
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
Published Jun 5, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.5.5
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 6.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 25, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0967
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a