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CVE-2008-4279

N/A
Published: October 6, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationPlayerESX

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

ESX· VMware
95%
2.5.4 ≤ v ≤ 3.5
Player· VMware
95%
1.0 ≤ v < 1.0.82.0 ≤ v < 2.0.5
Affected range stops below 1.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Server· VMware
95%
1.0 ≤ v < 1.0.8
Affected range stops below 1.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Workstation· VMware
95%
5.5 ≤ v < 5.5.86.0 ≤ v < 6.0.5
Affected range stops below 5.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (12)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32157
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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