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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00539
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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vmware ace<= 2.5.1
vmware aceall versions
vmware esxall versions
vmware esxiall versions
vmware fusion<= 2.0.3
vmware fusionall versions
vmware player<= 2.5.1
vmware playerall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighESXi Admin Permission Assigned To Account Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi Storage Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi Network Configuration Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi VSAN Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi System Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi VM Kill Via ESXCLI
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD13 Apr 2009 · 04:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
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/34471Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031
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