CVE-2009-2267

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2267
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-02 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Esx 2.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 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 Player 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.8 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.9 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Products Page Fault Exception Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
[Security-announce] VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware ESX Page Fault Exception Handling Flaw Lets Local Users on a Guest OS Gain Elevated Privileges on the Guest OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware Page Fault Exception Handling Flaw Lets Local Users on a Guest OS Gain Elevated Privileges on the Guest OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
VMware Products Guest Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMSA-2009-0015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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