{
    "id": "CVE-2013-1662",
    "published": "2013-08-24 01:55:04",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:51:51",
    "cvss_score": "6.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04638",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91448",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:12",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "player"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "workstation"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "27938",
            "title": "VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2013-08-29",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27938"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40169",
            "title": "VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2013-08-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40169"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html",
        "http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html"
    ]
}