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CVE-2008-0967

Published: Jun 05, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0967
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Esx_serverVmware2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
Esx_serverVmware3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
Esx_serverVmware3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
Esx_serverVmware3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
Esx_serverVmware3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
EsxiVmware3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
PlayerVmware1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
PlayerVmware2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
PlayerVmware2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
PlayerVmware2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
PlayerVmware2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
ServerVmware1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
Vmware_serverVmware1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
Vmware_serverVmware1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Vmware_serverVmware1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
Vmware_serverVmware1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
Vmware_serverVmware1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.0 (including)5.5.0 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.2 (including)5.5.2 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.5 (including)5.5.5 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.6 (including)5.5.6 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.2 (including)6.0.2 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.3 (including)6.0.3 (including)
WorkstationVmware5.5.1 (including)5.5.1 (including)
WorkstationVmware5.5.3 (including)5.5.3 (including)
WorkstationVmware5.5.4 (including)5.5.4 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
EsxVmware3.0.0 (including)3.0.0 (including)
EsxVmware3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
EsxVmware3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
Vmware-serverUbuntufeisty*
Vmware-serverUbuntuupstream*

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