CVE-2013-1662

VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

vmware-mount en VMware Workstation v8.x y v9.x y VMware Player v4.x y v5.x, en sistemas basados en Debian GNU/Linux, permite a los usuarios del sistema operativo de host para obtener privilegios del sistema operativo de host manipulando la ruta del directorio del ejecutable lsb_release, relacionado con el uso de la librería de funciones popen.

VMWare Workstation (up to and including 9.0.2 build-1031769) and Player have a setuid executable called vmware-mount that invokes lsb_release in the PATH with popen(3). Since PATH is user-controlled, and the default system shell on Debian-derived distributions does not drop privs, we can put an arbitrary payload in an executable called lsb_release and have vmware-mount happily execute it as root for us.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-02-12 CVE Reserved
2013-08-22 First Exploit
2013-08-23 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2013/08/security-debianisms.html	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/123002	2013-08-29
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27938	2013-08-29
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40169	2013-08-22

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html	2013-08-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.0.18997 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.0.18997"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.1.27038 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.1.27038"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.4 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.4"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				8.0.6 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "8.0.6"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				9.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				9.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "9.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				9.0.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "9.0.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.0.18997 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.0.18997"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.4"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				4.0.6 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "4.0.6"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				5.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected