CVE-2013-5972
VMware Workstation 9.x and Player 5.x - Privilege Escalation via Shared Library Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0013.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (6)
vmware/player
5.0
vmware/player
5.0.1
vmware/player
5.0.2
vmware/workstation
9.0
vmware/workstation
9.0.1
vmware/workstation
9.0.2
Published
Nov 18, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026