CVE-2007-5671

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Player
Ace
Vmware Server
Vmware Workstation
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2008

Summary

HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.0.2 does not properly validate arguments in user-mode METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs to the \.\hgfs device, which allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory locations in guest kernel memory and gain privileges.

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/...
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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