CVE-2007-5618

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Authorization and other services in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, VMware Server before 1.0.4, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 might allow local users to gain privileges via malicious programs.

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Authorization and other services in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, VMware Server before 1.0.4, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 might allow local users to gain privileges via malicious programs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-10-21 21:17:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-26 14:17:00

Affected Software

VMWare Player

VMware Server

VMWare VMWare

References

20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player

Third Party Advisory

[security-announce] 20080317 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues

Vendor Advisory

26890

Third Party Advisory

20080318 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

28276

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

28289

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

ADV-2007-3229

Third Party Advisory

ADV-2008-0905

Third Party Advisory

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