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.

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-10-06 07:54

Updated : 2018-11-02 01:06

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NVD link : CVE-2008-4279

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4279

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