CVE-2013-1662

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.046 · 92 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

4.64% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/local/vmware_mountVMWare Setuid vmware-mount Unsafe popen(3)weaponized · metasploit
EDB-27938VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Unsafe popen(3) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-40169VMware - Setuid VMware-mount Popen lsb_release Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware player= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.0.18997nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 5.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.0.18997nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.1.27038nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (3)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2013-08-24modified 2026-06-16

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references (6)

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