# CVE-2009-1244: Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier;

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2009-04-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031
- http://osvdb.org/53634
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded
- https://github.com/piotrbania/vmware_exploit_pack_CVE-2009-1244

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