Vulnerability in VMware Workstation
CVE-2007-4059
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in IntraProcessLogging.dll 5.5.3.42958 in EMC VMware allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SetLogFileName method.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.3
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25110 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4240 (exploit)
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- secunia.com/advisories/26890 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html