CVE-2007-1744
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
- Record
CVE-2007-1744- CVSS 2.0
- 6.3 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
- Record
CVE-2007-1744- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-1738 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
- Record
EUVD-2007-1738- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrqp-2pg5-7767 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMware Workstation before 5.5.4, when a folder is shared, allows users on the guest system to write to arbitrary files on the host system via the "Backdoor I/O Port" interface.
- Record
GHSA-hrqp-2pg5-7767- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-1744 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Vmware Workstation, published May 2, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.