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CVE-2003-0739

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• VMware Workstation: through 4.0.1_build_5289

References

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

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