CVE-2007-5438

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5438
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-13 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Reconfig.DLL in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 might allow local users to cause a denial of service to the Virtual Disk Mount Service (vmount2.exe), related to the ConnectPopulatedDiskEx function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server All All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.5 All 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
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ACE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/43488 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VMware Server Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Workstation/ACE/Player/Server ActiveX Controls Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation 6 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 Vendor Advisory
VMSA-2008-0014.3 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
eleytt.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eleytt.com
VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Virtual Disk Mount Service Reconfig.DLL Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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