CVE-2008-2098

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2098
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-02 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

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-119 | 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 2 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2 2.01 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 1.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2 2.01 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2 2.02 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2 2.03 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 6.03 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
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, and Fusion Buffer Overflow in HGFS File System Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2008-0008 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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