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VMware ESX / ESXi "JMP" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA32157
Release Date: 2008-10-06
Popularity: 2,267 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:VMware ESX Server 3.x
VMware ESXi 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in VMware ESX / ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the emulation of "JMP" instructions to "non-canonical" 64-bit addresses. This can be exploited to run arbitrary code with escalated privileges inside a VMware guest.

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