{"cve":"CVE-2008-2098","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-02T21:30:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:05.877","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/30476","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html"],"products":["vmware:ace_2","vmware:fusion","vmware:vmware_player_2","vmware:vmware_workstation","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2098","score":0.00462,"percentile":0.40083,"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."]}