Vulnerability in VMware Ace
CVE-2009-4811
VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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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: 0.028 (86.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 2.6, 2.5.2, 2.6.1
- VMware Player — versions 2.5.2, 3.0.1, 2.5.4
- VMware Server — versions 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.0
- VMware Workstation — versions 7.0, 6.5.0, 7.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html (mailing-list)
- freetexthost.com/qr1tffkzpu (URL Repurposed, Exploit)
- pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/vmware-server-20x-remote-dos-exploit.html (Exploit)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html (mailing-list)