Is CVE-2009-3707 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-3707 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-3707?

CVE-2009-3707 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-3707?

CVE-2009-3707 has an EPSS score of 11.11% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2009-3707?

No published fix for CVE-2009-3707 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-3707

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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\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.

CWE-134

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

shinnai.net

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references11

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