CVE-2003-1291: VMware Esx

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware ESX Server 1.5.2 before Patch 4 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as root via certain modified VMware ESX Server environment variables.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 1.5.2 only

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.