CVE-2009-1147 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a vulnerability in the VMCI driver to gain elevated privileges on systems running affected VMware products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-1147?
CVE-2009-1147 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 6 Apr 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in vmci.sys in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1147?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2009-1147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pwvr-ph6m-wcv9.