CVE-2008-3761 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in VMware products by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the hcmon.sys driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3761?
CVE-2008-3761 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted IOCTL request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3761?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3761?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3761 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-3761 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cqgj-ggx7-phrm.