CVE-2008-4279 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated guest users can escalate privileges within the guest OS by triggering a virtual CPU exception in VMware products.
- 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-2008-4279?
CVE-2008-4279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 6 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4279?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-4279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x89w-2wmp-4877.