CVE-2007-4059

N/A Unknown

Published: July 30, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in IntraProcessLogging.dll 5.5.3.42958 in EMC VMware allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SetLogFileName method.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/26890

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25110

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35675

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4240

Source: cve@mitre.org

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