Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-2097 is a privilege escalation flaw in VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 management service handling. An authenticated remote user could abuse malformed Content-Length handling to gain higher privileges. Business risk is concentrated in legacy VMware hosts still running these versions. Exposure appears limited to VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 systems where the openwsman management service is present and reachable by authenticated users. The bundle does not identify other affected products or exact patch levels, so asset confirmation against VMware guidance is required. Prioritize remediation if any ESX/ESXi 3.5 hosts remain in production or trusted infrastructure. This is an old issue, but hypervisor privilege escalation can undermine workloads hosted on the platform. Unsupported systems should be treated as a migration risk. Mitigation focus: Review VMware VMSA-2008-0009 and apply the vendor-recommended updates for affected ESX/ESXi 3.5 hosts.; Retire or isolate unsupported ESX/ESXi 3.5 systems where patching is not feasible.; Restrict management service access to trusted administration networks only..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5640CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5759CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- vmware-openwsman-privilege-escalation(42875)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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