CVE-2008-0923 Path traversal in n/a
Guest OS users can read and write arbitrary host files via directory traversal in VMware Shared Folders, bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0923?
CVE-2008-0923 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 26 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0923?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Player, Vmware Vmware Player, Vmware Vmware Workstation, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0923?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0923 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2008-0923 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0923 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jph2-4993-v6wc.