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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2095)
- Published
- June 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2095 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace 2
- vmware / ace 2
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / vmware player 2
- vmware / vmware player 2
- vmware / vmware player 2
- vmware / vmware player 2
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30476(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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