4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-4916
VMware Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

April 6, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4916 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware vmware_workstation
2 Vmware vmware_server
3 Vmware vmware_player
4 Vmware vmware_ace
5 Vmware vmware_esx
6 Vmware vmware_esxi
1 Emc vmware_player

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4916 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4916 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
    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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439
  • 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://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 06, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4916 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-2008-4916 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24592

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability