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CVE-2008-4917

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.

Published

2008-12-09T00:30:00.283

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	esx	≤ 3.5	Yes
Application	vmware	esxi	3.5	Yes
Application	vmware	player	≤ 1.0.8	Yes
Application	vmware	player	≤ 2.0.5	Yes
Application	vmware	server	≤ 1.0.9	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	≤ 5.5.8	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	≤ 6.0.5	Yes

References

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)