CVE-2007-5023

VMware ACE < 1.0.3 - Unquoted Windows Search Path Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25732

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 22.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (7)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04

vmware/ace 1.0 - 1.0.3

vmware/player 1.0.0 - 1.0.5

vmware/server 1.0 - 1.0.4

vmware/workstation 5 - 5.5.5

Published Sep 21, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026