CVE-2007-2491

The PIIX4 power management subsystem in EMC VMware Workstation 5.5.3.34685 and VMware Server 1.0.1.29996 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations via a crafted poke to I/O port 0x1004, triggering a denial of service (virtual machine crash) or other unspecified impact, a related issue to CVE-2007-1337.

Published: 2007-05-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2491 is rated Low Risk (36.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2491

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.30% +0.26%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware server 1.0.1_build_29996 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 5.5.3_build_34685 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2491

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