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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2008-1362

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 or cause a denial of service by impersonating the authd process through an unspecified use of an "insecurely created named pipe," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1361.

  • Published: Mar 20, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-1362
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / ace 1.0 1.0.x
vmware / player 2.0.1 2.0.1.x
vmware / player 2.0.2 2.0.2.x
vmware / player 1.0.2 1.0.2.x
vmware / ace 2.0 2.0.x
vmware / workstation 5.5.4_build_44386 5.5.4_build_44386.x
vmware / workstation 6.0 6.0.x
vmware / workstation 5.5.3_build_34685 5.5.3_build_34685.x
vmware / vmware_workstation 5.5.5 5.5.5.x
vmware / player 1.0.3 1.0.3.x
vmware / workstation 5.5.3_build_42958 5.5.3_build_42958.x
vmware / workstation 5.5 5.5.x
vmware / vmware_server 1.0.4 1.0.4.x
vmware / player 1.0.4 1.0.4.x
vmware / vmware_workstation 6.0.2 6.0.2.x
vmware / player 1.0.5 1.0.5.x
vmware / server 1.0.3 1.0.3.x
vmware / vmware_server 1.0.2 1.0.2.x
vmware / player 2.0 2.0.x
vmware / vmware_workstation 6.0.1 6.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 5.5.4 5.5.4.x