CVE-2007-1744

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

VMware Workstation: through 5.5.3

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521
http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23721
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017980
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521
http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded

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