CVE-2007-0833

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

VMware Workstation 5.5.3 34685, when the "Enable copy and paste to and from this virtual machine" option is enabled, preserves clipboard data on the guest operating system after it was deleted on the host operating system, which might allow local users to read clipboard contents by moving the focus back to the host operating system.

Affected products

VMware Workstation: 5.5.3_build_34685

References

http://osvdb.org/33221
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459140/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22413
http://osvdb.org/33221
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459140/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22413

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