CVE-2013-1662

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1662
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-24 01:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionvmware-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.

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: CWE-264 | 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
Application Vmware Player 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.0.18997 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Player 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 5.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 5.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.0.18997 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1.27038 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 9.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 9.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 9.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Security Advisories (VMSAs) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Tavis Ormandy: Security Debianisms af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.cmpxchg8b.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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