CVE-2007-1056 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685. It allows local users to perform restricted operations, such as changing system time or stopping services, due to insufficient per-user restrictions and weak file/registry permissions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5.3_build_34685CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.