First published: Sat Aug 02 2003(Updated: )
VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 build 4968 and earlier, and Workstation 4.0 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via certain enivronment variables that are used when launching a virtual machine session.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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VMware Workstation | =4.0 | |
VMware GSX Server | =2.5.1 |
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