{"cve":"CVE-2008-0923","nvd":{"published":"2008-02-26T00:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:50:36.790","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034","http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060457.html","http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/29117","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3700"],"products":["vmware:ace","vmware:player","vmware:vmware_player","vmware:vmware_workstation","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0923","score":0.00486,"percentile":0.41868,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}