{"cve":"CVE-2007-5671","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-05T20:32:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:36.480","status":"Modified","description":"HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.0.2 does not properly validate arguments in user-mode METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs to the \\\\.\\hgfs device, which allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory locations in guest kernel memory and gain privileges.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712","http://secunia.com/advisories/30556","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197"],"products":["vmware:ace","vmware:esx","vmware:esx_server","vmware:player","vmware:server","vmware:vmware_player","vmware:vmware_server","vmware:vmware_workstation","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5671","score":0.00388,"percentile":0.32939,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}