CVE-2007-5023: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 6.10 only; version 7.04 only
• VMware Ace: from 1.0, up to and including 1.0.3
• VMware Player: from 1.0.0, up to and including 1.0.5; from 2.0, up to and including 2.0.1
• VMware Server: from 1.0, up to and including 1.0.4
• VMware Workstation: from 5, up to and including 5.5.5; from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.1

Published 2007-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.