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.
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
securityreason.com/securityalert/3755
securitytracker.com/id?1019621
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41257