Is CVE-2007-4496 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4496 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4496?

CVE-2007-4496 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4496

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows authenticated users with administrative privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 0.7% (51th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4479)
Published: September 21, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4479 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
vmware / ace
vmware / player
vmware / server
vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27694(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25728(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018718(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229(Permissions Required)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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