01 Record
CVE-2008-3698
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function 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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-03 14:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1b85471fb47ead3dac575632b6916869b4993ff099de406de2a58fb1cf567122
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
- www.securityfocus.com30936http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30936
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-openprocess-privilege-escalation(44795)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44795
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
- lists.grok.org.uk20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- securitytracker.com1020790http://securitytracker.com/id?1020790
- secunia.com31707http://secunia.com/advisories/31707
- securityreason.com4202http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2466http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466