CVE-2008-0967
Untrusted search path vulnerability in vmware-authd in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.7 build 91707 and 6.x before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.7 build 91707 and 2.x before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware Server before 1.0.6 build 91891 on Linux, and VMware ESXi 3.5 and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5, allows local users to gain privileges via a library path option in a configuration file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0974)
- Published
- June 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0974 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / vmware server
- vmware / vmware server
- vmware / vmware server
- vmware / vmware server
- vmware / vmware server
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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