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CVE-2009-2267

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138, VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6 build 196839, VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0, and VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, and 4.0, when Virtual-8086 mode is used, do not properly set the exception code upon a page fault (aka #PF) exception, which allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by specifying a crafted value for the cs register.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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