CVE-2008-1392

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.

Published: 2008-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1392 is rated High Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.73%). EPSS rose +1.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1392

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.86% 2.73% +1.87%
2 2026-04-15 0.75% 0.86% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.75% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1392

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1392

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1392

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-1392: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-25), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/vmware-player, app-emulation/vmware-server, app-emulation/vmware-workstation); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1392
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-1392 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vmware-player), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): ignored 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1392

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1392

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware ace <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player <= 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware_workstation 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1392

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