CVE-2007-5360
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 15.3%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in OpenPegasus Management server, when compiled to use PAM and with PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined, as used in VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to PAM authentication, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0003.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 15.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5338)
- Published
- January 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5338 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openpegasus / management server
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01438409
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28358(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29986
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3538
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-January/001879.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0063
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1391/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5360
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39524
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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