CVE-2007-2491

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Published May 4, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2484	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.301% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40088
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Server Workstation

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:42 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 4, 2007, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:42 PM
Reserved: May 3, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 4, 2007, 12:19 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

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