CVE-2008-0967 (GCVE-0-2008-0967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-05 20:21 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:01
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
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      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T00:43:20.430",
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