CVE-2008-2098

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/30476

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3