CVE-2008-4279

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.
References
Link Resource
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-10-06 19:54

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2008-4279

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4279


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Products Affected

vmware

  • workstation
  • esx
  • player
  • server
CWE
CWE-264

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