CVE-2008-3761
VMware hcmon.sys Denial of Service
Description
hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted IOCTL request.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 21, 2008, 5:41 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:50 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2008-3761
vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2008-3761
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4177 Added Reference http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.17.txt Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30737 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020715 Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44539 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6262 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6262 [Exploit] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6262 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44539 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44539 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 21, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-3761
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3761
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.07618
percentile