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…

published October 6, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00393 · 32.0th percentile
Published
2008-10-06T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 OCT 18:00Z
    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…
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