Explain CVE-2008-0923
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '27944', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944'}, {'name': '29117', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29117'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html'}, {'name': "20080225 CORE-2007-0930 Path Traversal vulnerability in VMware's shared folders implementation", 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html'}, {'name': '1019493', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493'}, {'name': '20080318 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034'}, {'name': '[security-announce] 20080317 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0905', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html'}, {'name': 'vmware-sharedfolders-directory-traversal(40837)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40837'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0679', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0679'}, {'name': "20080225 CORE-2007-0930 Path Traversal vulnerability in VMware's shared folders implementation", 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html'}, {'name': '28276', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276'}, {'name': '3700', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASON'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED