# CVE-2008-1361: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe in VMware virtualization products.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gv98-9r75-xrjg

## What is CVE-2008-1361?

CVE-2008-1361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 20 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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 that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1362.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1361?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Vmware Ace, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Workstation, Vmware Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-1361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player

- [CVE-2009-3732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3732/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3691/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3692/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3693/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3694/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 20 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1361

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.