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.
References
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and mailing-list
- 32157 third-party-advisory
- 20081004 VMware Emulation Flaw x64 Guest Privilege Escalation (1/2) mailing-list
- 32179 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-2740 vdb-entry
- 32180 third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- vmware-esxesxi-jump-privilege-escalation(45668) vdb-entry
- 31569 vdb-entry
- 1020991 vdb-entry
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5929 vdb-entry signature