Vulnerability in VMware Ace
CVE-2007-4496
Unspecified vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows authenticated users with administrative privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace
- VMware Player
- VMware Server
- VMware Workstation
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27694 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26890 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)