Vulnerability in VMware Ace
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 1.0, 2.0
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4
- VMware Server — versions 1.0.3
- VMware Server — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.4
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.5, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.3_build_42958
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (Patch)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259 (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (Patch)
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (Patch)
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (Patch)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)