Description
vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 8.x and 9.x and VMware Player 4.x and 5.x, on systems based on Debian GNU/Linux, allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted lsb_release binary in a directory in the PATH, related to use of the popen library function.
Published: 2013-08-24
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 6.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1691 vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 8.x and 9.x and VMware Player 4.x and 5.x, on systems based on Debian GNU/Linux, allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted lsb_release binary in a directory in the PATH, related to use of the popen library function.
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Vmware Player Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:29:37.889Z

Reserved: 2013-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1662

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-08-24T01:55:04.017

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1662

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