CVE-2009-3707
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
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
- 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
- http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
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