VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-3892

HIGH 10.0EPSS 24.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to the GuestInfo method in which there is a long string argument, and an assignment of a long string value to the result of this call. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3691, CVE-2008-3692, CVE-2008-3693, CVE-2008-3694, CVE-2008-3695, or CVE-2008-3696.

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 24.36% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: vmware/ace · vmware/player · vmware/server · vmware/workstation
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29503Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43062VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6345Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29503Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.