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CVE-2008-0967

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 befo…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareEsx Server
Versions 2.5.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5
VmwareEsxi
Version 3.5
VmwarePlayer
Versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5
VmwareServer
Version 1.0.3
VmwareVmware Server
Versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, 1.0.5
VmwareVmware Workstation
Versions 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 5.5.1, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 6.0
VmwareEsx
Versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

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