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CVE-2008-3696

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3696 describes an unspecified vulnerability within an ActiveX control affecting various VMware products, including Workstation, Player, ACE, and Server, across multiple versions. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attack vectors, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, < 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0, < 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0, < 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0, < 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0356 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31707
PatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31708
PatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31709
PatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31710
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4202
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/30934
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2466
Third Party Advisory