FKIE_CVE-2007-1876

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-05-02 19:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:38
Severity
Summary
VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when running a 64-bit Windows guest on a 64-bit host, allows local users to "corrupt the virtual machine's register context" by debugging a local program and stepping into a "syscall instruction."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/35509
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25079
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23732
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018011
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33993
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/35509
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23732
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018011
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33993
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2003_server 64-bit
microsoft windows_xp *
vmware workstation *
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