CVE-2009-3281

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

16/10/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::		2.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.3:::::::*
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:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

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

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::		2.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.3:::::::*
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:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

CVE-2009-3281

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools