CVE-2013-1662

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1662 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.64%, 91th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1662

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27938 exploit_db edb 2013-08-29 Exploit-DB ↗
40169 exploit_db edb 2013-08-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1662

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.13% 4.64% -1.50%
2 2026-01-09 5.77% 6.13% +0.36%
3 2025-12-17 — 5.77% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1662

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1662

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-1662

Comment: Per: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0010.html "The issue is present when Workstation or Player are installed on a Debian-based version of Linux."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1662

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.0.18997 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1662

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