CVE-2013-1662

Published: Aug 24, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (23)

Products: Vmware: Workstation, Player

Vmware

2 products

Workstation

Player

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.0.18997
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.1.27038
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.1
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.2
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.3
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.4
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.5
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0.6
Vmware Workstation	Version 8.0
Vmware Workstation	Version 9.0.1
Vmware Workstation	Version 9.0.2
Vmware Workstation	Version 9.0

Configuration B

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.0.18997
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.1
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.2
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.3
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.4
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.5
Vmware Player	Version 4.0.6
Vmware Player	Version 4.0