CVE-2009-2267

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
2.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: November 2, 2009 (6037 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138, VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6 build 196839, VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0, and VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, and 4.0, when Virtual-8086 mode is used, do not properly set the exception code upon a page fault (aka #PF) exception, which allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by specifying a crafted value for the cs register.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vmware acevmware esxvmware esxivmware fusionvmware playervmware servervmware workstation

References

🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 security.gentoo.org 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 securitytracker.com