CVE-2008-1361

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.

• CWE-264

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276Patch
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41257
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276Patch
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41257

Published

Mar 20, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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