CVE-2008-1363

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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

VMware Ace: from 1.0 before 1.0.5; from 2.0 before 2.0.1 — fixed in 1.0.5, 2.0.1
VMware Player: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.6; from 2.0 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 1.0.6, 2.0.3
VMware Server: from 1.0 before 1.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.5
VMware Workstation: from 5.5 before 5.5.6; from 6.0 before 6.0.3 — fixed in 5.5.6, 6.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Ace 1.0.5, 2.0.1; VMware Player 1.0.6, 2.0.3; VMware Server 1.0.5; VMware Workstation 5.5.6, 6.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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