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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 26, 2008, 12:44 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 15, 2018, 10:03 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-0923 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-0923 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware player
2 Vmware workstation
3 Vmware vmware_workstation
4 Vmware ace
5 Vmware vmware_player

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Born at : Dec. 9, 2021, 1:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-0923 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-0923 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40837 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0923 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.01%

score

0.37020

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Access Complexity
Authentication
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