Executive Summary

Summary
Title VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability
Informations
Name VMSA-2009-0006 First vendor Publication 2009-04-10
Vendor VMware Last vendor Modification 2009-04-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.1 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system

A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host.

This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver reported in VMware security advisory VMSA-2009-0005 on 2009-04-03. That vulnerability can cause a potential denial of service and is identified by CVE-2008-4916.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6065
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6065
Title: VMware Multiple Hosted Products Display Function 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1244
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
Title: VMware Guest Virtual Device Driver Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4916
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 20
Application 3
Application 1
Application 13
Application 18
Application 11
Application 13
Application 3
Application 1
Application 20
Application 11
Application 22
Application 50

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-25 (vmware-server vmware-player vmware-w...
File : nvt/glsa_201209_25.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_lin_apr09.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Win) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_win_apr09.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53694 VMware Multiple Products Guest Virtual Device Driver Unspecified DoS

53634 VMware Multiple Products Display Function Host OS Arbitrary Code Execution

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2009-04-09 IAVM : 2009-B-0015 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0018638

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-09 Name : The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple issues.
File : vmware_multiple_vmsa_2009_0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-11-27 13:28:41
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 12:07:12
  • Multiple Updates
2013-12-14 21:19:31
  • Multiple Updates