EIP-2026-103699

PRE-CVE

VMware Player 1.0.1 Build 19317 - '.VMX' File Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-103699. PoCs published by n00b.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a denial-of-service (DoS) exploit for VMware Player that leverages an excessively long filename in a VMX configuration file to crash the application. The exploit uses a malformed VMX file with an extremely long string in the 'ide1:0.fileName' field to trigger the vulnerability.

Description

VMware Player 1.0.1 Build 19317 - '.VMX' File Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by n00b · dosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28065

This is a denial-of-service (DoS) exploit for VMware Player that leverages an excessively long filename in a VMX configuration file to crash the application. The exploit uses a malformed VMX file with an extremely long string in the 'ide1:0.fileName' field to trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: VMware Player (and potentially other VMware products due to code reuse)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction required to open the malformed VMX file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026