CVE-2007-5023 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2007-5023?

CVE-2007-5023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unquoted Windows search path 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 Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5023?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Vmware Ace, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-5023 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2h6v-37p4-8p5c.