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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0 (including) | 8.0 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.0.18997 (including) | 8.0.0.18997 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.1 (including) | 8.0.1 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.1.27038 (including) | 8.0.1.27038 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.2 (including) | 8.0.2 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.3 (including) | 8.0.3 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.4 (including) | 8.0.4 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.5 (including) | 8.0.5 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 8.0.6 (including) | 8.0.6 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 9.0 (including) | 9.0 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 9.0.1 (including) | 9.0.1 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 9.0.2 (including) | 9.0.2 (including) |