Vulnerability in VMware Workstation
CVE-2006-6410
Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in VMWare 5.5.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long VmdbDb parameter to the Initialize function.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.1
References
- www.open-security.org/advisories/17 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452775/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2264 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19732 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2008 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452746/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)