CVE-2008-4917

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.

Vulnerabilidad sin especificar en VMware Workstation v5.5.8 y anteriores, y v6.0.5 y anteriores, versiones v6.x; VMware Player v1.0.8 y anteriores, y v2.0.5 y versiones anteriores a v2.x; VMware Server v1.0.9 y anteriores; VMware ESXi v3.5; y VMware ESX v3.0.2 a la v3.5, permite a los usuarios del sistema operativo huésped tener un impacto desconocido mediante el envío de una petición de hardware que lanza una operación de escritura física de la memoria, permitiendo una corrupción de memoria.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-03 CVE Reserved
2008-12-04 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980	2018-11-02

URL	Date	SRC
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986	2018-11-02
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml	2018-11-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				>= 3.0.2 <= 3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version " >= 3.0.2 <= 3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				>= 1.0.0 <= 1.0.8 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version " >= 1.0.0 <= 1.0.8"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				>= 2.0 <= 2.0.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version " >= 2.0 <= 2.0.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Server Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Server"				>= 1.0 <= 1.0.9 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Server" and version " >= 1.0 <= 1.0.9"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				>= 5.5 <= 5.5.8 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version " >= 5.5 <= 5.5.8"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				>= 6.0 <= 6.0.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version " >= 6.0 <= 6.0.5"		-		Affected