Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-0967
high
Description
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.
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/30556
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713