Privilege Escalation via Shared Libraries in VMware Workstation and Player on Linux

Privilege Escalation via Shared Libraries in VMware Workstation and Player on Linux

CVE-2013-5972 · HIGH Severity

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

VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.3 and VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.3 on Linux do not properly handle shared libraries, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

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