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    CVE-2013-5972

    VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.3 and VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.3 on Linux do not properly handle shared libraries, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Nov 16, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 16, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00046
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High