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…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Vmware Ace — versions 1.0, 1.0.2, 2.0
- Vmware Player — versions 1.0.4
- Vmware Vmware_player — versions 1.0.1_build_19317, 1.0.2, 1.0.3
- Vmware Vmware_workstation — versions 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- Vmware Workstation — versions 4.5.2, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
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.