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CVE-2008-1363 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 via an unspecified manipulation of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder, which can be used for "hijacking the VMX process."

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41252	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41252	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware ace	>= 1.0, < 1.0.5 >= 2.0, < 2.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware player	>= 1.0.0, < 1.0.6 >= 2.0, < 2.0.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware server	>= 1.0, < 1.0.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware workstation	>= 5.5, < 5.5.6 >= 6.0, < 6.0.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2018	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Oct 31, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 20, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-1363 Details

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