CVE-2008-1392 describes a critical misconfiguration in older versions of VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE, where the guest OS console is exposed via anonymous VIX API calls. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attack vectors, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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