Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2009-4811
CVE-2009-4811
Description
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\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- freetexthost.com/qr1tffkzpunvdExploitURL Repurposed
- pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/vmware-server-20x-remote-dos-exploit.htmlnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630nvdExploit
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlnvd
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