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…

published 2013-08-24 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1691

cvss: 6.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.6%; EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 3; Metasploit and Exploit-DB

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.

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Timeline

2013-08-22 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/local/vmware_mount)
2013-08-24 Published

Exploit prediction

4.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/linux/local/vmware_mount VMWare Setuid vmware-mount Unsafe popen(3) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2013-08-22
EDB-40169 VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalation local, 2013-08-22
EDB-27938 VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit) local, 2013-08-29

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-1662
NVD CVE-2013-1662

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