CVE-2007-5023

CVSS 6.9 - MEDIUM
Description

Unquoted Windows search path 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 Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder.

Affected Products
9
Vendor Product Version
vmware ace All versions
vmware player All versions
vmware player All versions
vmware server All versions
vmware workstation All versions
vmware workstation All versions
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 7.04
Weakness Types
CWE-264
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2007-5023
Published:
2007-09-21
Modified:
2026-04-23
CVSS Score:
6.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected Vendors
canonical vmware
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL