Vulnerability in VMware Ace
CVE-2009-0177
vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.086 (95.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.086 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 2.5.0
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Server — versions 2.0.0
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 4.5.3, 5.0, 5.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6433 (signature, vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/33372 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0024 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- osvdb.org/51180 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7647 (exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34601 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)