CVE-2013-1662 EXPLOIT
6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.6% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 4.64% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-08-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vmware | player |
| vmware | workstation |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit) | 2013-08-29 |
| exploit-db | VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalation | 2013-08-22 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD