VMware Workstation 9.x < 9.0.3 Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2013-0013 / VMSA-2013-0014)

The installed version of VMware Workstation 9.x is prior to 9.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities : - An issue exists in the handling of shared libraries that could allow a local, malicious user to escalate privileges on Linux hosts. CVE-2013-597...

VMware Player 5.x < 5.0.3 Host Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2013-0013)

The installed version of VMware Player 5.x running on Linux is earlier than 5.0.3. It therefore reportedly contains a vulnerability in its handling of shared libraries. This issue may allow a local, malicious user to escalate privileges to root on the host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

NEW VMSA-2013-0013 VMware Workstation host privilege escalation vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2013-0013 Synopsis: VMware Workstation host privilege escalation vulnerability Issue date: 2013-11-14 Updated on: 2013-11-14 initial...

CVE-2013-5972

CVE-2013-5972 affects VMware Workstation on Linux (9.x prior to 9.0.3) and VMware Player on Linux (5.x prior to 5.0.3). The root cause is improper handling of shared libraries, enabling a local attacker with access to the host OS to escalate privileges on the host via unspecified vectors. The iss...