CVE-2005-0444: VMware Workstation

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware before 4.5.2.8848-r5 searches for gdk-pixbuf shared libraries using a path that includes the rrdharan world-writable temporary directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation: up to and including 4.5.2_build_8848

Published 2005-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.