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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2098
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CVE-2008-2098

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42753

ST
  1020148

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30476

CONFIRM
  http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded


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