VMware ESX / ESXi jump privilege escalation

vmware-esxesxi-jump-privilege-escalation (45668) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

VMware ESX / ESXi could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the CPU hardware emulation of JMP instructions to 64-bit addresses. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to jump to an incorrect memory address and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the guest operating system.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4.6
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 3.4
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Refer to VMSA-2008-0016 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • VMSA-2008-0016: VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues.
  • BID-31569: VMware Products In-Guest Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2008-4279: The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated guest OS users to gain additional guest OS privileges by triggering an exception that causes the virtual CPU to perform an indirect jump to a non-canonical address.
  • SA32157: VMware ESX / ESXi "JMP" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
  • SA32179: VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA32180: VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1020991: VMware 64-bit Hardware Emulation Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-2740: VMware Privilege Escalation and Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • EMC VMware Player 1.0
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.1
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.2
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.3
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.4
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.5
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.6
  • EMC VMware Player 1.0.7
  • EMC VMware Player 2.0
  • EMC VMware Player 2.0.1
  • EMC VMware Player 2.0.2
  • EMC VMware Player 2.0.3
  • EMC VMware Player 2.0.4
  • VMware ESX Server 3.0.1
  • VMware ESX Server 3.0.2
  • VMware ESX Server 3.0.3
  • VMware ESX Server 3.5
  • VMware Server 1.0
  • VMware Server 1.0.1
  • VMware Server 1.0.2
  • VMware Server 1.0.3
  • VMware Server 1.0.4
  • VMware Server 1.0.5
  • VMware Server 1.0.6
  • VMware Workstation 5.0
  • VMware Workstation 5.5
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.0
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.1
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.2
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.3
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.4
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.5
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.6
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.7
  • VMware Workstation 5.5.8
  • VMware Workstation 6.0
  • VMware Workstation 6.0.1
  • VMware Workstation 6.0.2
  • VMware Workstation 6.0.3
  • VMware Workstation 6.0.4

Reported:

Oct 03, 2008

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