CVE-2008-1392
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
The default configuration of VMware Workstation 6.0.2, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 makes the console of the guest OS accessible through anonymous VIX API calls, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1399)
- 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-2008-1399 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 / vmware workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
- 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/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41551
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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