Buffer overflow in VMware Ace 2
CVE-2008-2098
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Vmware Ace_2 — versions 2.0, 2.01
- Vmware Fusion — versions 1.1, 1.1.1
- Vmware Vmware_player_2 — versions 2.0, 2.01, 2.02
- Vmware Vmware_workstation — versions 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.03
- Vmware Workstation — versions 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)