Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in IntraProcessLogging.dll 5.5.3.42958 in EMC VMware allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SetLogFileName method.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
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Exploit-DB 1
- VMware 'IntraProcessLogging.dll' 5.5.3.42958 - Arbitrary Data Write EDB-4240 · remote · Jul 28, 2007 · verified
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References
- 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player mailing-list
- ADV-2007-3229 vdb-entry
- 25110 vdb-entry
- 4240 exploit
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- 26890 third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- vmware-intraprocesslogging-file-overwrite(35675) vdb-entry