National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0967

Overview

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.

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: XF

Name: vmware-vmwareauthd-privilege-escalation(42878)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42878

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1744

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

External Source: BID

Name: 29557

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020198

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3922

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30556

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30556

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20080604 VMware Multiple Products vmware-authd Untrusted Library Loading Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4768

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5583