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CVE-2008-2098

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
02/06/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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