Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1361
CVE-2008-1361
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 that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1362.
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Affected products
32cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.1, <1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.3, <1.0.6
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_42958:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.4_build_44386:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <6.0.3, <5.5.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276nvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3755nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41257nvd
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