CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in VMware Server 1.0.4 Build 56528 up to 3.0.0 (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
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 users with login access to a guest operating system to cause a denial of service (guest outage and host process crash or hang) via unspecified vectors.
The bug was discovered 09/18/2007. The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2007 by Rafal Wojtczvk (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4497 since 08/22/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28262 (GLSA-200711-23 : VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.0.4_build_56528 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36727) and Tenable (28262). The entries 3321, 3324, 3326 and 3323 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 28262
Nessus Name: GLSA-200711-23 : VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 840135
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for nss USN-2159-1
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Server 1.0.4_build_56528
Timeline
08/22/2007 🔍09/18/2007 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: vmware.com
Researcher: Rafal Wojtczvk
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4497 (🔍)
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X-Force: 36727
SecurityTracker: 1018718
Vulnerability Center: 16123 - VMware Multiple Products Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Cause DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25731 - VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 26890
OSVDB: 40096 - CVE-2007-4497 - VMware Workstation - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-3229
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 07/26/2019 20:18
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (84), 07/26/2019 20:18 (4)
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