CVE-2008-4915 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CPU hardware emulation of various VMware products, including Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, ESX, and ESXi. Specifically, the flaw in handling the Trap flag allows authenticated guest OS users to gain elevated privileges within the guest operating system. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (High), this vulnerability requires local access to the guest OS and medium attack complexity, but could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the guest. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.5.4, <= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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