PT-2008-2953 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Sun Bing · Published 2008-03-20 · Updated 2018-11-01 · CVE-2008-1363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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 of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder. This can be used for hijacking the VMX process.

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-2008-1363

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 17

• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1363 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.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
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28276 · Patch
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1363 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 · Note