HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images
Published Oct 21, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.17%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≥ 1.0.0 · < 1.0.5
- ≥ 2.0 · < 2.0.1
- ≥ 5.5 · < 5.5.5
- ≥ 6.0 · < 6.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.17% 0.02167
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02167
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.17% (0.02167) | 81.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02185) | 79.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00858) | 72.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.04% (0.02038) | 73.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00858) | 73.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.14% (0.02138) | 89.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 2.14% (0.02138) | 89.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 1.05% (0.01052) | 84.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00925) | 82.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 83.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00873) | 80.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00909) | 80.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26890 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 21, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 21, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5617
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a