Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Player by VMware
CVE-2008-1362

Currently unrated

Key Information:

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

Summary

A vulnerability in VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, and Server allows local users to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service by exploiting an insecurely created named pipe. This flaw facilitates impersonation of the authd process, leading to unauthorized access to system resources.

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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