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.
Published: 2007-05-02
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-1738 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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Microsoft Windows Xp
Vmware Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:26.235Z

Reserved: 2007-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1744

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-02T19:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1744

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