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CVE-2008-1362

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-03-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Vmware WorkstationVmware Vmware ServerVmware Vmware WorkstationVmware ServerVmware AceVmware Player

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References