CVE-2007-1744
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1738)
- Published
- May 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1738 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows xp
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23721
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017980
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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