CVE-2009-2267

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8473

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507539/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023083

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023082

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/37172

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-02

Updated: 2018-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High