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TI-2007-01798 Aliases CVE-2007-1876GHSA-g8c3-pw89-4qh6

VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when running a 64-bit Windows guest on a 64-bit host…

Priority LOW 32Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when running a 64-bit Windows guest on a 64-bit host, allows local users to "corrupt the virtual machine's register context" by debugging a local program and stepping into a "syscall instruction."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00368 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*64-bitRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.5.3VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 64-bit Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.5.3 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-1876
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8c3-pw89-4qh6

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2025-16135 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in VMware ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-16137 Out-of-bounds read in ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2010-01161 Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-03093 Format string vulnerability in VMware OVF Tool 2.1 on Windows, as used in VMware… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2017-03716 Observable discrepancy in Intel Most Modern Operating Systems CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
  • TI-2008-03731 Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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