CVE-2008-2099 Code injection in n/a
Guest OS users can execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors in VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE.
- 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-2008-2099?
CVE-2008-2099 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 2 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMCI in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057 on Windows allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2099?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Ace 2, Vmware Vmware Player 2, Vmware Vmware Workstation, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2099?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2099 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2008-2099 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2099 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Workstation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5xrc-w5gp-hjw5.