{"id":"CVE-2007-1056","aliases":["EUVD-2007-1053","GHSA-9pr8-r22q-3qxg"],"status":"published","title":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged...","description":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the \"VMware tools service\" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read \u0026 Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware\\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0032,"percentile":0.2516,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"published":"2007-02-21T23:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"vmware","product":"workstation"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460664/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2281","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/45244","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461807/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1056"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pr8-r22q-3qxg"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-1056","description":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the \"VMware tools service\" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read \u0026 Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware\\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-21T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:43:22.571Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:33:41.472948Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-1053","description":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the \"VMware tools service\" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read \u0026 Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware\\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-21T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:43:22Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:27.701437Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-9pr8-r22q-3qxg","title":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged...","description":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the \"VMware tools service\" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read \u0026 Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware\\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T17:50:00Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:03:14Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:25.491012Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-1056","description":"VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685 does not provide per-user restrictions on certain privileged actions, which allows local users to perform restricted operations such as changing system time, accessing hardware components, and stopping the \"VMware tools service\" service. NOTE: exploitation is simplified via (1) weak file permissions (Users = Read \u0026 Execute) for %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware; and weak registry key permissions (access by Users) for (2) vmmouse, (3) vmscsi, (4) VMTools, (5) vmx_svga, and (6) vmxnet in HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\; which allows local users to perform various privileged actions outside of the guest OS by executing certain files under %PROGRAMFILES%\\VMware\\VMware Tools, as demonstrated by (a) VMControlPanel.cpl and (b) vmwareservice.exe.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-21T23:28:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:50.467Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:13.10493Z"}]}}