CVE-2007-4059

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4059
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-30 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in IntraProcessLogging.dll 5.5.3.42958 in EMC VMware allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SetLogFileName method.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 42958 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
VMware Server Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware IntraProcessLogging.DLL ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMWare Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware 'IntraProcessLogging.dll' 5.5.3.42958 - Arbitrary Data Write - Windows remote Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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