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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-1662

CVE-2013-1662

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.

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Affected products

25
  • VMware/Player12 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.x, 5.x
  • VMware/Workstation13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 8.x, 9.x

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