National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2267

Overview

VMware 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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3062

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062

External Source: BID

Name: 36841

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36841

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091027 Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507539/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023083

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023083

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023082

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023082

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37172

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37172

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8473

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8473

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8473

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8473