CVE-2007-5671

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2007-5671
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-06-05T20:32:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:26:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197
http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5688
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5358
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493172/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493148/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5671
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5671
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:58:31 Added to TrackCVE