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CVE-2008-1363
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.42%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- vmware-config-privilege-escalation(41252) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 3755 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080318 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20080317 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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