CVE-2008-2098

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Fusion
PublishedJun 2, 2008
First seenJun 2, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware fusion1.1, 1.1.1—
vmware ace_22.0, 2.01—
vmware vmware_player_22.0, 2.01, 2.02, 2.03—
vmware vmware_workstation6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.03—
vmware workstation6.0—

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CVE-2008-2098 · Vmware Fusion · Dark Radar