CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4279
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated guest OS users to gain additional guest OS privileges by triggering an exception that causes the virtual CPU to perform an indirect jump to a non-canonical address.
Affected configurations
• vmware player (>= 1.0 < 1.0.8)
• vmware player (>= 2.0 < 2.0.5)
• vmware server (>= 1.0 < 1.0.8)
• vmware workstation (>= 5.5 < 5.5.8)
• vmware workstation (>= 6.0 < 6.0.5)
• vmware esx (>= 2.5.4 <= 3.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32157 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5929 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32157 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5929 Third Party Advisory