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    CVE-2007-4496

    Unspecified 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 ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows authenticated users with administrative privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Sep 21, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 21, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00383
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Ace
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Server
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27694
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018718
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27694
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018718
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High