CVE-2008-4915

N/A
Published: November 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationESXiPlayer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

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

1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.72.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.5
2.5.4 ≤ v ≤ 3.5
1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.82.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.5
1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.7
5.5 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.86.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.5

Remediation

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References (11)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32612
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32624
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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