CVE-2007-5671 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-5671

HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ace, esx server, player, server, vmware player, vmware server, vmware workstation, workstation, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 2.5.5, 1.0.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 2.5.4, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 5th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.