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CVE-2009-1244
Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (10)
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- vmware-virtualmachine-code-execution(49834) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1022031 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 53634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20090410 VMSA-2009-0006 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20090410 VMSA-2009-0006 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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