CVE-2008-1363
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1370)
- Published
- March 20, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1370 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- vmware / ace
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41252(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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