CVE-2009-1542

Description

The Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 SP1, 2007, and 2007 SP1, and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, does not enforce CPU privilege-level requirements for all machine instructions, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary kernel-mode code and gain privileges within the guest OS via a crafted application, aka "Virtual PC and Virtual Server Privileged Instruction Decoding Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6166

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-033

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1890

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022544

http://secunia.com/advisories/35808

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3