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CVE-2008-1362 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html CVEPatch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1362
NVD Published Date:
Mar 20, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-1362 Details - Not Deferred