CVE ID:	CVE-2008-0967
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.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0967 BugTraq ID: 29557 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29557 Bugtraq: 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=713 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4768 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5583 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020198 http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 XForce ISS Database: vmware-vmwareauthd-privilege-escalation(42878) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42878