Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-4811
Potential exploit
VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2009-4811
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2009-4811
Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-4811
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2009-4811 23
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4811
2.85%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-4811
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2009-4811
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The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2009-4811
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http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/vmware-server-20x-remote-dos-exploit.html
Exploit
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issuesPatch;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
VMSA-2010-0007.1Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
Exploit
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
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http://freetexthost.com/qr1tffkzpu
Exploit
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201209-25) — Gentoo security
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