CVE-2007-5671
HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.0.2 does not…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.0.2 does not properly validate arguments in user-mode METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs to the \\.\hgfs device, which allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory locations in guest kernel memory and gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- vmware/ace · vmware/esx server · vmware/player · vmware/server · vmware/vmware player · vmware/vmware server · vmware/vmware workstation · vmware/workstation · vmware/esx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493148/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5358
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5688
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493148/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5358
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5688
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.