CVE-2007-4155

critical

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4245

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35670

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-4139

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018511

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25131

http://secunia.com/advisories/26890

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-08-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09617