CVE-2008-3761 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the hcmon.sys driver affecting VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, and Server versions. The vulnerability arises from the driver's use of the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs, allowing a local attacker to crash the system with a specially crafted IOCTL request. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete denial of service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-6262) exists. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.0.45731CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.0.45731:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.