CVE-2008-4279

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 79% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: October 6, 2008 (6429 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware playervmware servervmware workstationvmware esx

References

🔗 lists.grok.org.uk 🔗 marc.info 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 secunia.com