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CVE-2004-2515

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848, if running with elevated privileges, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments. NOTE: it is not clear if there are any default or typical circumstances under which VMware would be running with privileges beyond those already available to the attackers, so this might not be a vulnerability.

Affected Platforms

Vmware Workstation

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

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