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Vulnerability details: VCID-2qxg-7r7z-eudf
Vulnerability ID VCID-2qxg-7r7z-eudf
Aliases CVE-2007-1716
Summary VMware guest operating systems might be able to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the host operating system through multiple flaws.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.1
Risk 1.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
Reference id Reference type URL
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://osvdb.org/37271
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2007-1716.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-1716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823
http://secunia.com/advisories/25631
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
http://secunia.com/advisories/27590
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28319
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11483
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0465.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0737.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
1618305 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618305
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2007-1716 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1716
GLSA-200711-23 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-23
RHSA-2007:0465 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0465
RHSA-2007:0555 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0555
RHSA-2007:0737 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0737
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1716
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2251
EPSS Score 0.00075
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:57.191723+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-23 38.0.0