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CVE-2007-5438

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: 2007-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Reconfig.DLL in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 might allow local users to cause a denial of service to the Virtual Disk Mount Service (vmount2.exe), related to the ConnectPopulatedDiskEx function.

Affected products

• VMware Ace: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+8)
• Vmware Player: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+9)
• Vmware Server: through 1.0.7; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+1)
• Vmware Workstation: 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5 (+9)

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
• http://osvdb.org/43488
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31707
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31708
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31709
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31710
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3219
• http://www.eleytt.com/advisories/eleytt_VMWARE1.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482021/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26025
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020791

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