7.2
HIGH
CVE-2008-4917
VMware Workstation and VMware Player Guest OS Controlled Physical Memory Corruption
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 9, 2008, 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4917 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 esx
2 Vmware esxi
3 Vmware player
4 Vmware server
5 Vmware workstation
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4917.

URL Resource
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4917 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 No Types Assigned http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.8 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.5.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 6.0.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.2 up to (including) 3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (including) 1.0.8 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (including) 2.0.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (including) 1.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (including) 5.5.8 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0 up to (including) 6.0.5
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • 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:6246 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2008

    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-2008-4917 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-2008-4917 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

0.26627

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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