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CVE-2008-4279
Published: Oct 6, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
32157
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20081004 VMware Emulation Flaw x64 Guest Privilege Escalation (1/2)
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
32179
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2008-2740
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
32180
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
vmware-esxesxi-jump-privilege-escalation(45668)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
31569
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1020991
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5929
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
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