CVE-2008-4915

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

10/11/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace::::::::	1.0 (including)	1.0.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace::::::::	2.0 (including)	2.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx::::::::	2.5.4 (including)	3.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player::::::::	1.0.0 (including)	1.0.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player::::::::	2.0 (including)	2.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server::::::::	1.0 (including)	1.0.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.5.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::	6.0 (including)	6.0.5 (including)

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CVE-2008-4915

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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