CVE-2007-4155

Public Exploit

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll in EMC VMware 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a full pathname in the first two arguments to the (1) CreateProcess or (2) CreateProcessEx method.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 30.09% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4245	exploit
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890	third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35670	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018511	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25131	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4155?: CVE-2007-4155 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4155?: To fix CVE-2007-4155, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4155 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-4155 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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