CVE-2008-2098 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) affecting VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, and Fusion when folder sharing is enabled. This vulnerability allows a guest OS user to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it's a high-severity local attack requiring medium attack complexity, leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.