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CVE-2008-3692: Unspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build…

CVE-2008-3692 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects VMware Ace. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control 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 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3691, CVE-2008-3693, CVE-2008-3694, CVE-2008-3695, and CVE-2008-3696.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • VMware Ace: from 1.0 before 1.0.7; from 2.0 before 2.0.5
  • VMware Player: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.8; from 2.0 before 2.0.5
  • VMware Server: before 1.0.7
  • VMware Workstation: from 5.5 before 5.5.8; from 6.0 before 6.0.5

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