CVE-2008-2098
N/A
Published: June 2, 2008 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusionVMware Workstation
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
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References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30476Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threadedx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/referencesVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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