CVE-2007-5360: Openpegasus Management Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 15.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in OpenPegasus Management server, when compiled to use PAM and with PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined, as used in VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to PAM authentication, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0003.

Affected products

• Openpegasus Management Server: any version
• VMware Esx: version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only

Published 2008-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.