CVE-2008-0923

N/A Unknown
Published: February 26, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29117
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0679
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29117
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0679
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

vmware

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