Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-3281
The vmx86 kernel extension in VMware Fusion before 2.0.6 build 196839 does not use correct file permissions, which allows host OS users to gain privileges on the host OS via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- VMware Fusion — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000066.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2811 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0013.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36928 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)