Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in vielib.dll in EMC VMware 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a full pathname in the first two arguments to the (1) CreateProcess or (2) CreateProcessEx method.
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4245
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35670
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018511
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25131
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html