CVE-2008-0923
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.9)—
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMWare ACE 1.0.2 and 2.0.2, Player 1.0.4 and 2.0.2, and Workstation 5.5.4 and 6.0.2 allows guest OS users to read and write arbitrary files on the host OS via a multibyte string that produces a wide character string containing .. (dot dot) sequences, which bypasses the protection mechanism, as demonstrated using a "%c0%2e%c0%2e" string.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.49%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 40
- Fecha de la puntuación: 2/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (5)
CWE
- CWE-22
Referencias
- http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29117
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837
- http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29117
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837
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