PT-2008-3615 · Vmware · Vmware Player+4

Published 2008-06-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 VMware Player versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.3 VMware ACE versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1 VMware Fusion versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.1

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) when folder sharing is used, allowing guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.3, update to version 6.0.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware Player versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.3, update to version 2.0.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware ACE versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.2 build 93057 or later. For VMware Fusion versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.2 build 87978 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2098

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Host Guest File System

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2098 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30476 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020148 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2098 · Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753 · Note