National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4915

Overview

The CPU hardware emulation in VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier and 5.5.8 and earlier; Player 2.0.x through 2.0.5 and 1.0.x through 1.0.8; ACE 2.0.x through 2.0.5 and earlier, and 1.0.x through 1.0.7; Server 1.0.x through 1.0.7; ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5; and ESXi 3.5, when running 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems, does not properly handle the Trap flag, which allows authenticated guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: XF

Name: vmware-cpuhardware-priv-escalation(46415)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46415

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3052

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021154

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154

External Source: BID

Name: 32168

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081107 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32624

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32624

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32612

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32612

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Security-announce] 20081106 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309