CVE-2001-1059 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMWare creates a temporary file vmware-log.USERNAME with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify license information.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1040	VMWare creates a temporary file vmware-log.USERNAME with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify license information.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/5475
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200455
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3119
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6925

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:07.834Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1059

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1059

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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