Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-2491 (CCN-34467)

Assigned:2007-05-01
Published:2007-05-01
Updated:2011-03-08
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-2491

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
40088

Source: CCN
Type: Tavis Ormandy White paper
An Empirical Study into the Security Exposures to Hosts of Hostile Virtualized Environments

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 40088
VMware Workstation PIIX4 Power Management Crafted Poke Local DoS

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Web site
VMware: Virtualization, Virtual Machine & Virtual Server Consolidation - VMware

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2007-1592

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-piix4-dos(34467)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    vmware server 1.0.1_build_29996
    vmware workstation 5.5.3_build_34685
    vmware server 1.0.1_build_29996
    vmware server 1.0.1_build_29996
    vmware workstation 5.5.3_build_34685