CVE-2008-4279 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32157 http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5929