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CVE-2008-4915

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/10/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vmware:acevmware:esxvmware:esxivmware:playervmware:servervmware:workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32612(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32624(cve@mitre.org)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32612(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32624(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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