CVE-2008-1362

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 90% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: March 20, 2008 (6629 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware acevmware playervmware servervmware vmware servervmware vmware workstationvmware workstation

References

🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 security.gentoo.org 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com