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MEDIUM
CVE-2009-1244
VMware ESXi ESX Guest OS Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.

INFO

Published Date :

April 13, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-1244 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1244 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware esx
2 Vmware esxi
3 Vmware player
4 Vmware server
5 Vmware workstation
6 Vmware fusion
7 Vmware ace

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

vmware cloudburst exploit CVE-2009-1244

exploit guest-to-host hacking vmware workstation hacktro

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Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 11, 2019, 9:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1244 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1244 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/53634
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031
    Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6065 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49834 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1244 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1244 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.29661

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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