Vulnerability in VMware Ace
CVE-2007-5023
Unquoted Windows search path 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 Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · 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
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25732 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)