CVE-2008-3693

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16

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-2008-3692, CVE-2008-3694, CVE-2008-3695, and CVE-2008-3696.

Affected products

VMware Ace: from 1.0 before 1.0.7; from 2.0 before 2.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.7, 2.0.5
VMware Player: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.8; from 2.0 before 2.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.8, 2.0.5
VMware Server: before 1.0.7 — fixed in 1.0.7
VMware Workstation: from 5.5 before 5.5.8; from 6.0 before 6.0.5 — fixed in 5.5.8, 6.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Ace 1.0.7, 2.0.5; VMware Player 1.0.8, 2.0.5; VMware Server 1.0.7; VMware Workstation 5.5.8, 6.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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