CVE-2008-0967

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Esx Server
Player
Vmware Server
Vmware Workstation
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2008

Summary

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.

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009....
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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