CVE-2007-5618

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Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Authorization and other services in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 a

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Authorization and other services in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, VMware Server before 1.0.4, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 might allow local users to gain privileges via malicious programs.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00051

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules11 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

vmware player>= 1.0.0 and < 1.0.5
vmware player>= 2.0 and < 2.0.1
vmware server< 1.0.4
vmware workstation>= 5.5 and < 5.5.5
vmware workstation>= 6.0 and < 6.0.1

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry

producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location

producthighPotential Server Side Template Injection In Velocity

producthighRemote Server Service Abuse for Lateral Movement

Show all 11 top matchesproducthighRemote Server Service Abuse
producthighSuspicious Child Process Of SQL Server
producthighSuspicious Process By Web Server Process
productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32
productinformationalLocked Workstation

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD21 Oct 2007 · 09:17 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.htmlVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26890Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28289Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/referencesThird Party Advisory

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