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Vulnerability details: VCID-jf49-nkj8-aaaj
Vulnerability ID VCID-jf49-nkj8-aaaj
Aliases CVE-2008-0967
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 6.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0967
Reference id Reference type URL
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0967
http://secunia.com/advisories/30556
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
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CVE-2008-0967 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0967
GLSA-201209-25 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-25
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0967
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.07711
EPSS Score 0.00037
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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