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CVE-2009-1244

Published: Apr 13, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
aceSaaS
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
esxOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
esxiOn-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
fusionOn-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
server
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
lists.vmware.com
http://osvdb.org/53634
osvdb.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
security.gentoo.org
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