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CVE-2008-4915

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• VMware Ace: from 1.0 through 1.0.7; from 2.0 through 2.0.5
• VMware ESX: from 2.5.4 through 3.5
• VMware ESXi: 3.5
• VMware Player: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.8; from 2.0 through 2.0.5
• VMware Server: from 1.0 through 1.0.7
• VMware Workstation: from 5.5 through 5.5.8; from 6.0 through 6.0.5

References

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32612
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32624
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html

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