CVE-2007-4497

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 users with login access to a guest operating system to cause a denial of service (guest outage and host process crash or hang) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2007-09-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4497 is rated Moderate Risk (40.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4497

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 0.36% 0.83% +0.46%
2 2025-10-16 0.32% 0.36% +0.04%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 5.1 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4497

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4497

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-4497: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-23), 2 atom(s) (app-emulation/vmware-player, app-emulation/vmware-workstation); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-4497
ubuntu low CVE-2007-4497 low priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20, vmware-player, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15, vmware-server), 13 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 7, DNE 3, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware ace >= 1.0, <= 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace >= 2.0, <= 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player >= 2.0, <= 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server >= 1.0, <= 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation >= 5, <= 5.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation >= 6.0, <= 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 7.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4497

URL Tags
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/25731 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
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