FKIE_CVE-2007-1744
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-05-02 19:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:38
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| vmware | workstation | * |
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