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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4894)
- Published
- November 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4894 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32612(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32624(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498138/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32168(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021154(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3052(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46415(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6309(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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