CVE-2008-1392

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-1392 · Published 20/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1392 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting ace (vmware), player (vmware), vmware workstation (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 86.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ace vmware	`≤ 2.0`	No fix yet
player vmware	`≤ 2.0.2`	No fix yet
vmware workstation vmware	`= 6.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

The 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.

References

lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/28276
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html · Patch
vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Patch
vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Patch
vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41551

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