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VMWare privilege escalation
Published:06.10.2008
Source:BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:9335
Type:local
Level:5/10
Description:64-bit platforms guest system privilege escalation.
Affected:VMWARE : VMware Workstation 5.5
 VMWARE : VMware Player 1.0
 VMWARE : VMware Server 1.0
 VMWARE : VMware ACE 1.0
 VMWARE : VMWare Workstation 6.0
 VMWARE : VMware Player 2.0
 VMWARE : VMWare ACE 2.0
 VMWARE : VMware ESX 3.0
 VMWARE : VMware ESXi 3.5
 VMWARE : VirtualCenter 2.5
 VMWARE : VMware ESX 3.5
CVE: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 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.)
 CVE-2008-4278 (VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 3 build 119838 on Windows displays a user's password in cleartext when the password contains unspecified special characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to steal the password.)
Original documentdocumentVMWARE, VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues (06.10.2008)
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