CVE-2008-4279

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

References

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

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