CVE-2008-0967 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-0967

Untrusted search path vulnerability in vmware-authd in VMware Workstation 5.x...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

esx server, esxi, player, server, vmware server, vmware workstation, workstation, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
2.5.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 5.5.1, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 6.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 5th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.