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CVE-2008-1363

N/A

Published: March 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationPlayerServer· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

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."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

1.0 ≤ v < 1.0.52.0 ≤ v < 2.0.1

Affected range stops below 1.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

microsoft-windows (environment)

Player · VMware

95%

1.0.0 ≤ v < 1.0.62.0 ≤ v < 2.0.3

Affected range stops below 1.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

microsoft-windows (environment)

Server · VMware

95%

1.0 ≤ v < 1.0.5

Affected range stops below 1.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

microsoft-windows (environment)

Workstation · VMware

95%

5.5 ≤ v < 5.5.66.0 ≤ v < 6.0.3

Affected range stops below 5.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (15)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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