Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1362
CVE-2008-1362
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.
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Affected products
25cpe: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: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- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlnvdPatch
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.htmlnvdPatch
- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/28276nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259nvd
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