CVE-2013-5972

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 18, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-5972: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix