Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll 2.2.5.42958 in EMC VMware 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a full pathname in the first argument to the StartProcess method.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- VMware Inc 6.0.0 - 'vielib.dll 2.2.5.42958' Remode Code Execution EDB-4244 · remote · Jul 29, 2007 · verified
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References
- vmware-startprocess-code-execution(35673) vdb-entry
- 4244 exploit
- 25118 vdb-entry