CVE-2007-5671

VMware Workstation 5.x < 5.5.6 - Privilege Escalation via HGFS.sys IOCTL Argument Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5688
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30556
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5358
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493172/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493148/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922

Scores

EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 29.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (27)
vmware/ace 1.0.0
vmware/ace 1.0.1
vmware/ace 1.0.2
vmware/ace 1.0.3
vmware/ace 1.0.4
vmware/esx 2.5.4
vmware/esx 3.0.0
vmware/esx 3.0.1
vmware/esx 3.0.2
vmware/esx_server 2.5.5
... and 17 more
Published Jun 05, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026