CVE-2008-4281 (GCVE-0-2008-4281)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-10 11:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html Patch
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155
cve@mitre.org http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425
Impacted products
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