{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2004-2515", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20041129 Format string flaw in VMWare Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848.", "refsource": "FULLDISC", "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1320.html" }, { "name": "11737", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11737" }, { "name": "12169", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/12169" }, { "name": "vmware-format-string(18297)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18297" } ] } }