Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-2098
Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057, and VMware Fusion before 1.1.2 build 87978, when folder sharing is used, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 28.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30476
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30476
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753
Products affected by CVE-2008-2098
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.01
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.01
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.02
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.03
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.03
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.0