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CVE-2007-5671
published 2008-06-05

CVE-2007-5671: 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…

PriorityP420medium4.4CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
0.39%
31.1th percentile
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.

Affected

31 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vmwareace
vmwareace
vmwareace
vmwareace
vmwareace
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx_server
vmwareplayer
vmwareserver
vmwarevmware_esxi
vmwarevmware_fusion
vmwarevmware_player
vmwarevmware_player
vmwarevmware_player
vmwarevmware_player
vmwarevmware_player
vmwarevmware_server
vmwarevmware_server
vmwarevmware_server
vmwarevmware_server
vmwarevmware_tools
vmwarevmware_workstation
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