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VMware Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9348
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Release Date:
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2003-07-24
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Last Update:
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2003-08-26
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Popularity:
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8,640 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | VMware ESX Server 1.x
VMware GSX Server 2.x
VMware Workstation 2.x
VMware Workstation 3.x
VMware Workstation 4.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in VMware Workstation, VMware GSX Server and VMware ESX Server on Linux allowing malicious local users to escalate their privileges.
The problem is that VMware uses environment variables in an insecure manner. This could be used by an un-privileged user on the host system to open a root shell.
This affects VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 and earlier on Linux, VMware Workstation 4.0 and earlier on Linux and VMware ESX Server on Linux..
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