CVE-2008-1363: VMware Ace

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• VMware Ace: from 1.0, before 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.5); from 2.0, before 2.0.1 (fixed in 2.0.1)
• VMware Player: from 1.0.0, before 1.0.6 (fixed in 1.0.6); from 2.0, before 2.0.3 (fixed in 2.0.3)
• VMware Server: from 1.0, before 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.5)
• VMware Workstation: from 5.5, before 5.5.6 (fixed in 5.5.6); from 6.0, before 6.0.3 (fixed in 6.0.3)

Published 2008-03-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.