PT-2008-2951 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2008-03-20 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1361

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.5 VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.2 VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5 VMware Player versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2 VMware ACE versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4 VMware ACE versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0 VMware Server versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified manipulation that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.5, update to version 5.5.6 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.2, update to version 6.0.3 or later. For VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.6 or later. For VMware Player versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2, update to version 2.0.3 or later. For VMware ACE versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.5 or later. For VMware ACE versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.1 or later. For VMware Server versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.5 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1361

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 17

• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1361 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28276 · Patch
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1361 · Note
• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41257 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references · Note
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html · Note