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CVE-2007-5438

Published: Oct 13, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
1.9LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
aceSaaS
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware serverOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://osvdb.org/43488
osvdb.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3219
securityreason.com
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
vmware.com
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