CVE-2008-1363

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 87% 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 via an unspecified manipulation of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder, which can be used for "hijacking the VMX process."

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware acevmware playervmware servervmware workstation

References

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