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CVE-2008-1362

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
20/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3 and 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3 and 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 and 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating the authd process through an unspecified use of an "insecurely created named pipe," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1361.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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