Path Traversal in VMware Ace
CVE-2008-0923
Directory 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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 1.0, 1.0.2, 2.0
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.4
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.1_build_19317, 1.0.2, 1.0.3
- VMware Workstation — versions 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 4.5.2, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29117 (third-party-advisory)
- www.coresecurity.com/
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0923?
- CVE-2008-0923 is a vulnerability in VMware Ace, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2008-02-26.
- Is CVE-2008-0923 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.