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.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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VMWare Setuid vmware-mount Unsafe popen(3)
exploit/linux/local/vmware_mount
Exploit-DB 2
- VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit) EDB-27938 · local · Aug 29, 2013 · verified
- VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalation EDB-40169 · local · Aug 22, 2013 · verified
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