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CVE-2008-1361

Published: Mar 20, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 72.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
aceSaaS
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
server
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware serverOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
vmware workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
securityreason.com
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
vmware.com
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