CVE-2008-0967

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0967
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-05 20:32:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:26:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 2.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.1 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.2 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.3 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 2.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.1 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.2 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.3 All All All
Application Vmware Esx Server 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All

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VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0009.2 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Unsafe Library Path in vmware-authd Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
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