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CVE-2009-3707

Published: Oct 16, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-134
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
11.1%
Top 4.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
aceSaaS
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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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
securityfocus.com
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