CVE-2009-3707
VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 11.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3680)
- Published
- October 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3680 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 / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36988(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39215
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
- http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html(Exploit, URL Repurposed)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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