Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll in EMC…
Priority MEDIUM 52Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- 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
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll in EMC VMware 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a full pathname in the first two arguments to the (1) CreateProcess or (2) CreateProcessEx method.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.09617 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4155
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-46q9-h97r-xfjw
References
Exploit 1
Other 9
- 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player
- ADV-2007-3229
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
More EMC Vmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-03926 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2007-4155 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4155 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-46q9-h97r-xfjw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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