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CVE-2013-1662

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.9 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
4.6% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-1691)
Published
August 24, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1691 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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