CVE-2008-4281

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en VMWare ESXi 3.5 anterior a ESXe350-200810401-O-UG y ESX 3.5 anterior a ESX350-200810201-UG; permite a los administradores con el privilegio Datastore.FileManagement, ganar privilegios a través de vectores desconocidos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-09-26 CVE Reserved
2008-11-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html	2018-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32624	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				<= 3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version " <= 3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				<= 3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version " <= 3.5"		-		Affected