CVE-2006-3547
EMC VMware Player allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (unrecoverable application failure) via a long value of the ide1:0.fileName parameter in the .vmx file of a virtual machine.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
EMC VMware Player allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (unrecoverable application failure) via a long value of the ide1:0.fileName parameter in the .vmx file of a virtual machine. NOTE: third parties have disputed this issue, saying that write access to the .vmx file enables other ways of stopping the virtual machine, so no privilege boundaries are crossed
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.87% probability · 59th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/27524
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437756/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437806/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437809/100/200/threaded
- http://www.osvdb.org/27524
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437756/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437806/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437809/100/200/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.