PT-2007-6628 · Vmware · Vmware Player+2

Published 2007-10-21 · Updated 2018-10-26 · CVE-2007-5618

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4 VMware Player version 2.0 VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.4 VMware Workstation versions 5.x through 5.5.4 VMware Workstation versions 6.x through 6.0.0

Description The issue is related to an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Authorization and other services. This might allow local users to gain privileges via malicious programs.

Recommendations For VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.5 or later. For VMware Player version 2.0, update to version 2.0.1 or later. For VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.4 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 5.x through 5.5.4, update to version 5.5.5 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 6.x through 6.0.0, update to version 6.0.1 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5618

Affected Products

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 17

• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5618 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28276 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5618 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28289 · Note