CVE-2009-0908

Unspecified vulnerability in the ACE shared folders implementation in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) shared folders feature in VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier allows attackers to enable a disabled shared folder.

Published: 2009-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0908 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0908

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.66% 0.44% -0.22%
2 2025-03-29 0.44% 0.66% +0.22%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0908

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0908

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0908

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware ace <= 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0908

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