CVE-2009-2267
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2263)
- Published
- November 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2263 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37172(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023082
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023083
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507539/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36841(Exploit)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8473
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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