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CVE-2008-3698

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3698 describes an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in the OpenProcess function affecting various VMware products on Windows, including Workstation, Player, ACE, and Server. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability allows a local host OS user to gain elevated privileges on the host system with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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
securityreason.com / securityalert/4202
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44795
VDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/30936
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