01 Record
CVE-2008-4915
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.7% 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
- 2008-11-10 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-03
- 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
- b536f40b32d7e68046918fd19d100afb481a8c893ad69becbc1cc7e4df356d95
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201209-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- www.securityfocus.com32168http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20081106 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issueshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html
- www.securitytracker.com1021154http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154
- www.securityfocus.com20081107 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com32612http://secunia.com/advisories/32612
- secunia.com32624http://secunia.com/advisories/32624
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-cpuhardware-priv-escalation(46415)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3052http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052