Privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation and VMware Player - CVE-2008-4915| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:36424 | Date: (C)2016-08-04 (M)2021-09-11 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 6.x before 6.0.6, 5.x before 5.5.9, VMware Player 2.0.x through 2.0.5 or 1.0.x through 1.0.8 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which improperly handles the Trap flag. Successful exploitation allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Product: |
| VMware Player |
| VMware Workstation |
