CVE-2008-3761

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 1.0%

exploitation probability

1.0%top 41% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted IOCTL request.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

cve_reference✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/6262

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4177 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44539 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6262 http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.17.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30737 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020715 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944