CVE-2008-4281

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200810401-O-UG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200810201-UG allows administrators with the Datastore.FileManagement privilege to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected products

VMware ESX: through 3.5
VMware ESXi: through 3.5

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32624
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32624
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded

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