PT-2008-5058 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2008-09-03 · Updated 2018-10-31 · CVE-2008-3698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.7 VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.4 VMware Player versions 1.x through 1.0.7 VMware Player versions 2.x through 2.0.4 VMware ACE versions 1.x through 1.0.6 VMware ACE versions 2.x through 2.0.4 VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.7

Description The issue allows local host OS users to gain privileges on the host OS. This is due to an unspecified vulnerability in the OpenProcess function.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.7, update to version 5.5.8 build 108000 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.4, update to version 6.0.5 build 109488 or later. For VMware Player versions 1.x through 1.0.7, update to version 1.0.8 build 108000 or later. For VMware Player versions 2.x through 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.5 build 109488 or later. For VMware ACE versions 1.x through 1.0.6, update to version 1.0.7 build 108880 or later. For VMware ACE versions 2.x through 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.5 build 109488 or later. For VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.7, update to version 1.0.7 build 108231 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3698

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 18

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31707 · Patch
• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3698 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3698 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44795 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020790 · Note