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    CVE-2009-1244

    Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.

    Published:Apr 13, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 13, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00632
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Ace
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esx
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esxi
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Fusion
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Server
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    https://github.com/piotrbania/vmware_exploit_pack_CVE-2009-1244

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2010-1138 (CVSS 5) — The virtual networking stack in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600, VMware Workstation 6.5.x bef…
    CVE-2009-2267 (CVSS 6.9) — VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware ACE …
    CVE-2009-3707 (CVSS 5) — VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation…
    CVE-2009-2628 (CVSS 9.3) — The VMnc media codec in vmnc.dll in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Workstation 6.5.x b…
    CVE-2009-0199 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMnc media codec in vmnc.dll in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.3 build 1854…
    CVE-2009-1805 (CVSS 4) — Unspecified vulnerability in the VMware Descheduled Time Accounting driver in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and ear…

    References

    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
    http://osvdb.org/53634
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
    http://osvdb.org/53634
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High