THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3693
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3693

Ace vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Vmware
Affected product
Ace
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2008-09-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3693

  • Confirm whether Vmware Ace is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3693.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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