CVE-2008-1392

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1392
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-20 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of VMware Workstation 6.0.2, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 makes the console of the guest OS accessible through anonymous VIX API calls, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-16

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Vmware Ace All All All All
Application Vmware Player All All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware Player Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0005.1 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues MLIST lists.vmware.com
VMware ACE Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues SREASON securityreason.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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