01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-06 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d4396d5d65acc02794a26cd3a9d6abe326175e01663fe455b331402126e45467
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 andhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- secunia.com32157http://secunia.com/advisories/32157
- lists.grok.org.uk20081004 VMware Emulation Flaw x64 Guest Privilege Escalation (1/2)http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html
- secunia.com32179http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2740http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- secunia.com32180http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-esxesxi-jump-privilege-escalation(45668)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668
- www.securityfocus.com31569http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
- www.securitytracker.com1020991http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991
- www.securityfocus.com20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5929https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5929