CVE-2007-5617
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.17% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/player · vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.