CVE-2008-0923

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0923
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMWare ACE 1.0.2 and 2.0.2, Player 1.0.4 and 2.0.2, and Workstation 5.5.4 and 6.0.2 allows guest OS users to read and write arbitrary files on the host OS via a multibyte string that produces a wide character string containing .. (dot dot) sequences, which bypasses the protection mechanism, as demonstrated using a "%c0%2e%c0%2e" string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.1_build_19317 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3_build_34685 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Self-Service- Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware ACE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
[Full-disclosure] Format string and buffer-overflow in SurgeMail 38k4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMware Products Shared Folders Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMSA-2008-0005.1 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
SecurityReason - Path Traversal vulnerability in VMware's shared folders implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Products Shared Folders 'MultiByteToWideChar()' Variant Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Shared Folder Bug Lets Local Users on the Guest OS Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host OS - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Core Security Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com
VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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