CVE-2008-3761: VMware Workstation

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• VMware VMware Workstation: version 6.0.0.45731 only

Published 2008-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.