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CVE-2008-2098

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.46%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. It affects VMware, VMWare.

CVE
CVE-2008-2098
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.46%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057, and VMware Fusion before 1.1.2 build 87978, when folder sharing is used, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.