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CVE-2008-0923

Published: Feb 26, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
6.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
aceSaaS
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
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Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
kb.vmware.com
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html
lists.grok.org.uk
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
lists.vmware.com
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