It is possible for a user to gain an esclation in privileges on a system running VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux systems by symlink manipulation in a world-writable directory such as /tmp. Affected systems: VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux systems Dates: This was reported to VMware on 2003-06-17 and VMware is posting this to Bugtraq on 2003-06-26. Resolutions: 1. VMware has identified a workaround and a Knowledge Base article will be posted by noon Pacific Time on 2003-06-27 at the following url. http://www.vmware.com/kb 2. VMware plans to release a patch that will resolve this problem shortly. VMware will announce details when available.
