# CVE-2007-4496: Unspecified vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 564

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-09-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows authenticated users with administrative privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system via unspecified vectors.

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## References

- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27694
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018718

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