01 Record
CVE-2003-0480
VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via "symlink manipulation."
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via "symlink manipulation."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-06-28 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-06-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8bf86e1bb7ed0223b02d8d0f4b2aacacfef89fc47595656a7216a992844c0088
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1019
- marc.info20030627 VMware Workstation 4.0: Possible privilege escalation on the hosthttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105673688529147&w=2