Published: 02/05/2007 Updated: 16/10/2018

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.3 | Impact Score: 9.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 561

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation prior to 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.

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Core Security Technologies Advisory - A vulnerability was found in VMware's shared folders mechanism that grants users of a Guest system read and write access to any portion of the Host's file system including the system folder and other security-sensitive files Exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to break out of an isolated Guest ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521 http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23721 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017980 http://secunia.com/advisories/25079 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded https://nvd.nist.gov https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/64009/Core-Security-Technologies-Advisory-2007.0930.html

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