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CVE-2007-4496

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4496 describes an unspecified vulnerability in various VMware products, including Workstation, Player, ACE, and Server, across several versions. This flaw allows an authenticated user with administrative privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory on the host, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity, with an adjacent network attack vector, high attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 74 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26890
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27694
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27706
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/25728
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-543-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3229
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