49090 : VMware Multiple Products 64-bit Guest OS CPU Hardware Emulation Cross-OS Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-10-03

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4279" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1020991
CVE ID: 2008-4279 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 31569
Secunia Advisory ID: 32157 32179 32180
ISS X-Force ID: 45668
Related OSVDB ID: 49089
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-2740
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0052.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

Tools & Filters

	34156

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-10-07 | Disagree?

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