CVE-2009-1147

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1147
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-06 15:30:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in vmci.sys in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace All All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.3_build_54075 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.1_build_55017 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.8 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 1.1.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 3.2.1 patch1 All All
Application Vmware Workstation 3.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0.1_build_5289 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.5.2_build_8848 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.5.2_build_8848 r4 All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.0.0_build_13124 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.0_build_13124 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1_build_19175 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 42958 All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3_build_34685 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3_build_42958 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4_build_44386 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.5_build_56455 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.1_build_55017 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Security-announce] VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
VMware Hosted Products VMSA-2009-0005 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
VMSA-2009-0005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Full Disclosure: VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
VMware Windows 'vmci.sys' Driver Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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