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CVE-2007-5360

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1533 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5360Critical

tog-pegasus pam authentication buffer overflow

Jan 8, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28358
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28368
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28636
secunia.com / advisories/29986
securityreason.com / securityalert/3538
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39524
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-January/001879.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0063
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0064
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1391/references