CVE-2009-0177

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
14.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: January 20, 2009 (6323 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

vmware acevmware fusionvmware servervmware vmware playervmware vmware workstation

References

🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 seclists.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 secunia.com