CVE-2003-0631 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 and earlier, and Workstation 4.0 and earlier. Local users can gain root privileges by manipulating environment variables when launching a virtual machine session. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw is severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.