CVE-2008-2099

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in VMCI in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057 on Windows allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware Ace 2: 2.0, 2.0.1
Vmware Player 2: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3
Vmware Workstation: 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3
VMware Workstation: 6.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29443
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020149
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42757
http://secunia.com/advisories/30476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29443
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020149
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html

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