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It is reported that VMWare workstation on Gentoo Linux based computers at least, is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The issue exists because the affected binary searches for a shared library in a world-writeable location. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user that runs the affected application.

It is reported that VMWare workstation on Gentoo Linux based computers at least, is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The issue exists because the affected binary searches for a shared library in a world-writeable location. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user that runs the affected application.