{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 6 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4915 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-4915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 10 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4915 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-4915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 10 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4915 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Esx. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4915/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4915/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-4915","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4915/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-4915","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pj5p-qr67-x54j"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware virtualization software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated guest users can escalate privileges within the guest OS due to improper handling of the CPU Trap flag in VMware virtualization products.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"ace","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"esx","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"esxi","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"player","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"server","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":6.9,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"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 1.0.7; Server 1.0.x through 1.0.7; ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5; and ESXi 3.5, when running 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems, does not properly handle the Trap flag, which allows authenticated guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4915","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:esx","products":["vmware:esx","vmware:esxi","vmware:player","vmware:server","vmware:workstation"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4916"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4914"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-11-10","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-3732","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-04-12"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3691","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3692","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3693","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3694","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3695","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3696","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Authenticated guest users can escalate privileges within the guest OS due to improper handling of the CPU Trap flag in VMware virtualization products.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4915/"}