{"cve":"CVE-2008-0967","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-05T20:32:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:50:42.413","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in vmware-authd in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.7 build 91707 and 6.x before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.7 build 91707 and 2.x before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware Server before 1.0.6 build 91891 on Linux, and VMware ESXi 3.5 and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5, allows local users to gain privileges via a library path option in a configuration file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713","http://secunia.com/advisories/30556","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198"],"products":["vmware:esx","vmware:esx_server","vmware:esxi","vmware:player","vmware:server","vmware:vmware_server","vmware:vmware_workstation","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0967","score":0.00356,"percentile":0.29317,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}