CVE-2007-1744

N/A Unknown

Published: May 02, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25079

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23721

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017980

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521