VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 build 4968 and earlier, and Workstation 4.0 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via certain eni…

published 2003-08-02 23y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2003-0625

cvss: 7.2; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 build 4968 and earlier, and Workstation 4.0 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via certain enivronment variables that are used when launching a virtual machine session.

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2003-0631
NVD CVE-2003-0631

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