CVE-2003-0739 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Workstation 4.0.1 for Linux, build 5289 and earlier, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2003-09-04

Score: 4.6 Medium

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2003-0730	VMware Workstation 4.0.1 for Linux, build 5289 and earlier, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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 Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106029217115023&w=2
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1106

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-09-04T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.532Z

Reserved: 2003-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0739

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-20T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0739

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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