CVE-2007-5023

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Player
PublishedSep 21, 2007
First seenSep 21, 2007

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware player1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.5, 2.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.1—
vmware ace1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.3—
vmware server1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.4—
vmware workstation5 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.5, 6.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.1—
canonical ubuntu_linux6.06, 6.10, 7.04—

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CVE-2007-5023 · Vmware Player · Dark Radar