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CVE-2013-1662

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, allo

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.06135
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules6 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
vmware workstationall versions
vmware playerall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
localVMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit)verified
localVMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalationverified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

6
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32
productinformationalLocked Workstation
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Scoring & Timeline

6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD24 Aug 2013 · 01:55 AM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.htmlVendor Advisory
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