Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-4279
high
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.
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5929
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://secunia.com/advisories/32157
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html