CVE-2009-1244 Code injection in n/a
Guest OS users can execute arbitrary code on the host OS via the virtual machine display function, requiring a software upgrade.
- 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-2009-1244?
CVE-2009-1244 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 13 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 the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1244?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Server and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2009-1244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pp9-5q74-pq79.