CVE-2013-1662 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation 8.x/9.x and VMware Player 4.x/5.x on Debian-based Linux systems. An attacker can gain host OS privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute a crafted lsb_release binary when vmware-mount uses the popen function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0.18997CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.1.27038CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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