PT-2007-3109 · Vmware · Vmware Workstation

Published 2007-05-02 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-1744

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VMware Workstation versions prior to 5.5.4

Description: A directory traversal issue exists in the Shared Folders feature, allowing users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface when a folder is shared.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 5.5.4, update to version 5.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1744

Affected Products

Vmware Workstation

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1744 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25079 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017980 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23721 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1744 · Note