The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 2, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 31, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 6, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 2, 2022
Last updated
Jan 31, 2023
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.
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