PT-2008-2574 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2008-06-05 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-0967

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 5.x through 5.5.7 build 91707 VMware Workstation versions 6.x through 6.0.4 build 93057 VMware Player versions 1.x through 1.0.7 build 91707 VMware Player versions 2.x through 2.0.4 build 93057 VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.6 build 91891 VMware ESXi version 3.5 VMware ESX versions 2.5.4 through 3.5

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a library path option in a configuration file due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in vmware-authd.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 5.x through 5.5.7 build 91707, update to build 91707 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 6.x through 6.0.4 build 93057, update to build 93057 or later. For VMware Player versions 1.x through 1.0.7 build 91707, update to build 91707 or later. For VMware Player versions 2.x through 2.0.4 build 93057, update to build 93057 or later. For VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.6 build 91891, update to build 91891 or later. For VMware ESXi version 3.5 and VMware ESX versions 2.5.4 through 3.5, update to a version outside the affected range.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0967

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 14

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0967 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29557 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0967 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922 · Note