CVE-2008-4279

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Player
Workstation
Esx
Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 October 2008

Summary

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

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/32157
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-O...
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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