Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-3892
critical
Description
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to the GuestInfo method in which there is a long string argument, and an assignment of a long string value to the result of this call. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3691, CVE-2008-3692, CVE-2008-3693, CVE-2008-3694, CVE-2008-3695, or CVE-2008-3696.
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6345
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43062
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30934
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29503
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html