CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4915
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The CPU hardware emulation in VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier and 5.5.8 and earlier; Player 2.0.x through 2.0.5 and 1.0.x through 1.0.8; ACE 2.0.x through 2.0.5 and earlier, and 1.0.x through 1.0.7; Server 1.0.x through 1.0.7; ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5; and ESXi 3.5, when running 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems, does not properly handle the Trap flag, which allows authenticated guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS.
Affected configurations
• vmware ace (>= 1.0 <= 1.0.7)
• vmware ace (>= 2.0 <= 2.0.5)
• vmware esx (>= 2.5.4 <= 3.5)
• vmware esxi 3.5
• vmware player (>= 1.0.0 <= 1.0.8)
• vmware player (>= 2.0 <= 2.0.5)
• vmware server (>= 1.0 <= 1.0.7)
• vmware workstation (>= 5.5 <= 5.5.8)
• vmware workstation (>= 6.0 <= 6.0.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32612 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32612 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32624 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309 Third Party Advisory