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CVE-2008-0923

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0923 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting VMware ACE, Player, and Workstation versions. It allows a guest OS user to read and write arbitrary files on the host OS. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity due to local access, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.vmware.com / selfservice/microsites/search.do
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
secunia.com / advisories/29117
securityreason.com / securityalert/3700
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/40837
coresecurity.com
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27944
securityfocus.com / bid/28276
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
vmware.com / support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
vmware.com / support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
vmware.com / support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
vmware.com / support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
vmware.com / support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0679
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0905/references