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CVE-2013-1662 Details

Description

vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 8.x and 9.x and VMware Player 4.x and 5.x, on systems based on Debian GNU/Linux, allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted lsb_release binary in a directory in the PATH, related to use of the popen library function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html	CVE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html	[email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vmware workstation	8.0 8.0.0.18997 8.0.1 8.0.1.27038 8.0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware player	4.0 4.0.0.18997 4.0.1 4.0.2 4.0.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 25, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]