Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2008-1363

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 via an unspecified manipulation of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder, which can be used for "hijacking the VMX process."

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)