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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 …

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 via an unspecified manipulation of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder, which can be used for "hijacking the VMX process."

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareAce
from 1.0 before 1.0.5
from 2.0 before 2.0.1
VmwarePlayer
from 1.0.0 before 1.0.6
from 2.0 before 2.0.3
VmwareServer
from 1.0 before 1.0.5
VmwareWorkstation
from 5.5 before 5.5.6
from 6.0 before 6.0.3

Weakness classification

CWE-264

References