CVE-2008-2098

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-02 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:39:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

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 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 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 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 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
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, and Fusion Buffer Overflow in HGFS File System Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0008 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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