CVE-2007-4591 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 29 Aug 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can crash the host OS or potentially escalate privileges via a crafted IOCTL request in VMware Workstation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-4591?

CVE-2007-4591 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 29 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

vstor-ws60.sys in VMWare Workstation 6.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (host operating system crash) and possibly gain privileges by sending a small file buffer size value to the FsSetVolumeInformation IOCTL handler with an FsSetFileInformation subcode.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-4591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6r3-r6w4-2j6c.