Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Player
CVE-2008-1361

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Ace
Vmware Server
Player
Workstation
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 March 2008

Summary

Local users may exploit a vulnerability in VMware products to gain elevated privileges due to an issue with the authd process that can connect to arbitrary named pipes. This manipulation can lead to unauthorized access to system resources, thereby compromising the integrity and confidentiality of user data.

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
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http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_ser...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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