CVE-2008-1362 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-1362

VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3 and 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ace, player, server, vmware server, vmware workstation, workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 2.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 5.5.5, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 5.5, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.3_build_42958, 5.5.4, 5.5.4_build_44386, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 20th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.