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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- vmware/ace · vmware/player · vmware/server · vmware/vmware server · vmware/vmware workstation · vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.htmlPatch
- 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.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlPatch
- 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.htmlPatch
- 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.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.