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CVE-2008-3698
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x…
High7.2EPSS 0.46%
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function 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 on Windows allows local host OS users to gain privileges on the host OS via unknown vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30936 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- vmware-openprocess-privilege-escalation(44795) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020790 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31707 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2466 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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