Vulnerability in VMware Esx
CVE-2008-4279
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32157 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32179 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/32180 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)