HIGH
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
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.87%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.87% 0.01870
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01870
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01870) | 78.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01870) | 76.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00289) | 50.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.15% (0.01152) | 85.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 81.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 79.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.76% (0.00760) | 78.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021155 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46418 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6425 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4281
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a