VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1662
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…
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 4.64%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.64% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.