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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5438 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/43488 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3219 CVE, MITRE
http://www.eleytt.com/advisories/eleytt_VMWARE1.pdf CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482021/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26025 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020791 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5438
NVD Published Date:
10/12/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE