CVE-2008-4281
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200810401-O-UG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200810201-UG allows administrators with the Datastore.FileManagement privilege to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4264)
- Published
- November 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4264 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32624(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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