CVE-2008-1363 Information

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.\

Reference

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41252