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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-1542 Detail

Description

The Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 SP1, 2007, and 2007 SP1, and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, does not enforce CPU privilege-level requirements for all machine instructions, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary kernel-mode code and gain privileges within the guest OS via a crafted application, aka "Virtual PC and Virtual Server Privileged Instruction Decoding Vulnerability."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.0 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/35808
http://secunia.com/advisories/35808
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022544
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022544
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1890
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1890
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-033
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-033
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6166
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6166

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2004:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:r2_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:r2_sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1542
NVD Published Date:
07/15/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation