CVE-2007-5360 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the OpenPegasus Management server, specifically when configured with PAM authentication and the PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC option. This flaw affects VMWare ESX Server versions 3.0.1 and 3.0.2. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current threat activity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openpegasus:management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.