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high7.2

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareAce
Versions 1.0, 2.0
VmwarePlayer
Versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 2.0, 2.0.1
VmwareServer
Version 1.0.3
VmwareVmware Server
Versions 1.0.2, 1.0.4
VmwareVmware Workstation
Versions 5.5.5, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 5.5, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.3_build_42958, 5.5.4, 5.5.4_build_44386, 6.0

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