CVE-2007-4058 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 22.4% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll 2.2.5.42958 in EMC VMware 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a full pathname in the first argument to the StartProcess method.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 22.38% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| emc | vmware |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VMware Inc 6.0.0 - 'vielib.dll 2.2.5.42958' Remode Code Execution | 2007-07-29 |
References
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