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.
References
- 1017980 vdb-entry
- 23721 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-1592 vdb-entry
- 20070518 VMSA-2007-0004.1 Updated: Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed and directory traversal vulnerability mailing-list
- 25079 third-party-advisory
- 20070427 VMware Workstation Shared Folders Directory Traversal Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554
- 20070507 VMSA-2007-0004 Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed mailing-list