CVE-2013-1662

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html
• http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html

References

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html
• http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html

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