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    CVE-2008-1362

    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.

    Published:Mar 20, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 20, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00035
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Ace
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Server
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Vmware Server
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Vmware Workstation
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    References

    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High