CVE-2007-4496

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

< 1%

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en EMC VMware Workstation anterior a 5.5.5 construcción 56455 and 6.x anterior a 6.0.1 construcción 55017, Player anterior a 1.0.5 construcción 56455 and Player 2 anterior a 2.0.1 construcción 55017, ACE anterior a 1.0.3 construcción 54075 and ACE 2 anterior a 2.0.1 construcción 55017, and Server anterior a 1.0.4 construcción 56528 permite a usuarios validados con privilegios de administrador sobre un sistema operativo invitado corromper su memoria y posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección sobre el sistema operativo alojador a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-08-22 CVE Reserved
2007-09-21 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-Se...	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27694	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018718	Third Party Advisory

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URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_play...	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_pla...	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_serv...	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html	2019-08-01
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html	2019-08-01

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URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml	2019-08-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1	2019-08-01

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (10)

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Ace Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Ace"				>= 1.0 <= 1.0.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Ace" and version " >= 1.0 <= 1.0.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Ace Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Ace"				>= 2.0 <= 2.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Ace" and version " >= 2.0 <= 2.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				>= 1.0.0 <= 1.0.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version " >= 1.0.0 <= 1.0.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				>= 2.0 <= 2.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version " >= 2.0 <= 2.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Server Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Server"				>= 1.0 <= 1.0.4 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Server" and version " >= 1.0 <= 1.0.4"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				>= 5 <= 5.5.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version " >= 5 <= 5.5.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				>= 6.0 <= 6.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version " >= 6.0 <= 6.0.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected

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