CVE-2004-2515
Format string vulnerability in VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848, if running with elevated privileges, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848, if running with elevated privileges, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments. NOTE: it is not clear if there are any default or typical circumstances under which VMware would be running with privileges beyond those already available to the attackers, so this might not be a vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1320.htmlExploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/12169
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18297
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1320.htmlExploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/12169
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18297
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.