CVE-2008-4279
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…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32157 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081004 VMware Emulation Flaw x64 Guest Privilege Escalation (1/2) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 32179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- vmware-esxesxi-jump-privilege-escalation(45668) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5929 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4262 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4279)Record last updated .