Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4916 First vendor Publication 2009-04-06
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.1 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4916

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
Title: VMware Guest Virtual Device Driver Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4916
 Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 13
Application 3
Application 1
Application 20
Application 11
Application 22

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-25 (vmware-server vmware-player vmware-w...
File : nvt/glsa_201209_25.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_lin_apr09.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Win) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_win_apr09.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53694 VMware Multiple Products Guest Virtual Device Driver Unspecified DoS

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2009-04-09 IAVM : 2009-B-0015 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0018638

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-09 Name : The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple issues.
File : vmware_multiple_vmsa_2009_0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
FULLDISC http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
MLIST http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944

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