Privilege Escalation via Trojan Horse Shared Library in VMware VIX API and Workstation

Privilege Escalation via Trojan Horse Shared Library in VMware VIX API and Workstation

CVE-2011-1126 · MEDIUM Severity

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

VMware vmrun, as used in VIX API 1.x before 1.10.3 and VMware Workstation 6.5.x and 7.x before 7.1.4 build 385536 on Linux, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in an unspecified directory.

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