CVE-2008-0967

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0967
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-05 20:32:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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
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 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 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 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0009.2 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Unsafe Library Path in vmware-authd Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
VMware vmware-authd Daemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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