CVE-2007-0833: VMware Workstation

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware Workstation 5.5.3 34685, when the "Enable copy and paste to and from this virtual machine" option is enabled, preserves clipboard data on the guest operating system after it was deleted on the host operating system, which might allow local users to read clipboard contents by moving the focus back to the host operating system.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation: version 5.5.3_build_34685 only

Published 2007-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.