CVE-2008-0923

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0923
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 22:03:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-22

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 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 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 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 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
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

References

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[Full-disclosure] Format string and buffer-overflow in SurgeMail 38k4 FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
VMware Products Shared Folders 'MultiByteToWideChar()' Variant Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
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VMSA-2008-0005.1 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues MLIST lists.vmware.com
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VMware Self-Service- Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware ACE CONFIRM kb.vmware.com
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VMware Products Shared Folders Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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