CVE-2008-3892

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3892
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-03T14:12:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-01T16:23:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0 1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0 2.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.0 1.0.8
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0 2.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5 5.5.8
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.0 6.0.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30934 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29503 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43062 VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6345 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3892
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3892
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:54:09 Added to TrackCVE