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CVE-2003-1291

Published: Dec 31, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1291
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

VMware ESX Server 1.5.2 before Patch 4 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as root via certain modified VMware ESX Server environment variables.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Esx Vmware 1.5.2-patch1 (including) 1.5.2-patch1 (including)
Esx Vmware 1.5.2-patch2 (including) 1.5.2-patch2 (including)
Esx Vmware 1.5.2-patch3 (including) 1.5.2-patch3 (including)

References

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