Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
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| Name | CVE-2003-0480 | First vendor Publication | 2003-08-07 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-20 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 3.7 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via "symlink manipulation." |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0480 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
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| 2222 | VMware Workstation Symlink Privilege Escalation In-Reply-To: <20030626220825.12388.qmail@www.securityfocus.com> VMware have posted a knowledge base article on 2003-06-27 that describes the workaround to protect a system against potential priviledge escalation. It is at: http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1019 >Received: (qmail 31575 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2003 17:55:34 -0000 >Received: from outgoing2.securityfocus.com (205.206.231.26) > by mail.securityfocus.com with SMTP; 27 Jun 2003 17:55:34 -0000 >Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com [205.206.231.19]) > by outgoing2.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQP > id C44698F6FE; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:31:17 -0600 (MDT) >Mailing-List: contact bugtraq-help@securityfocus.com; run by ezmlm >Precedence: bulk >List-Id: <bugtraq.list-id.securityfocus.com> >List-Post: <mailto:bugtraq@securityfocus.com> >List-Help: <mailto:bugtraq-help@securityfocus.com> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:bugtraq-unsubscribe@securityfocus.com> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:bugtraq-subscribe@securityfocus.com> >Delivered-To: mailing list bugtraq@securityfocus.com >Delivered-To: moderator for bugtraq@securityfocus.com >Received: (qmail 18375 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2003 22:05:14 -0000 >Date: 26 Jun 2003 22:08:25 -0000 >Message-ID: <20030626220825.12388.qmail@www.securityfocus.com> >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Disposition: inline >Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.411 (Entity 5.404) >From: VMware <vmware-security-alert@vmware.com> >To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com >Subject: VMware Workstation 4.0: Possible privilege escalation on the host > via symlink manipulation > > > >It is possible for a user to gain an esclation in privileges on a system >running VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux systems by symlink manipulation >in a world-writable directory such as /tmp. > >Affected systems: VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux systems > >Dates: This was reported to VMware on 2003-06-17 and VMware is posting this >to Bugtraq on 2003-06-26. > >Resolutions: >1. VMware has identified a workaround and a Knowledge Base article will be >posted by noon Pacific Time on 2003-06-27 at the following url. > >http://www.vmware.com/kb > >2. VMware plans to release a patch that will resolve this problem >shortly. VMware will announce details when available. > |
Sources (Detail)
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Alert History
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| 2021-04-22 01:02:10 |
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