CVE-2008-3698: VMware Ace

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function 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 on Windows allows local host OS users to gain privileges on the host OS via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• VMware Ace: from 1.0, before 1.0.7 (fixed in 1.0.7); from 2.0, before 2.0.5 (fixed in 2.0.5)
• VMware Player: from 1.0.0, before 1.0.8 (fixed in 1.0.8); from 2.0, before 2.0.5 (fixed in 2.0.5)
• VMware Server: before 1.0.7 (fixed in 1.0.7)
• VMware Workstation: from 5.5, before 5.5.8 (fixed in 5.5.8); from 6.0, before 6.0.5 (fixed in 6.0.5)

Published 2008-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.