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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0967

Untrusted 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…

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.36%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Untrusted 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.

CVSS 2.0
6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
0.36% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
vmware/esx server · vmware/esxi · vmware/player · vmware/server · vmware/vmware server · vmware/vmware workstation · vmware/workstation · vmware/esx
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.