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Vulnerability details: VCID-q5ts-6ax2-bqgb
Vulnerability ID VCID-q5ts-6ax2-bqgb
Aliases CVE-2008-4916
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VMware Player, Server, and Workstation, allowing remote and local attackers to conduct several attacks, including privilege escalation, remote execution of arbitrary code, and a Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.1
Risk 2.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4916
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epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4916
cvssv2 4.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4916
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4916
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
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CVE-2008-4916 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4916
GLSA-201209-25 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-25
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4916
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.11335
EPSS Score 0.00038
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:36.514858+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-25 38.0.0