CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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 that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe, a different vulnerability than cve-2008-1362.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2008-03-20
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-11
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CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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 that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe, a different vulnerability than cve-2008-1362.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2008-03-20
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-11
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