CVE-2008-4915
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…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6309 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20081106 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1021154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20081107 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32612 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32624 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- vmware-cpuhardware-priv-escalation(46415) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2008-4894 (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-2008-4915)Record last updated .