CVE-2008-0967 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges in VMware products by exploiting an untrusted search path vulnerability in the authentication daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0967?
CVE-2008-0967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 5 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0967?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esx Server, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Server and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0967?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-0967 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0967 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7jw-whgf-5mgf.