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    CVE-2008-4281

    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.

    Published:Nov 10, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.0028
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esx
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esxi

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High