# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Apr 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3pp9-5q74-pq79

## 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: Vmware Ace, Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.

## 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.

## 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:

- vmware cloudburst exploit CVE-2009-1244 (github_poc): https://github.com/piotrbania/vmware_exploit_pack_CVE-2009-1244

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx

- [CVE-2009-3732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3732/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3691/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3692/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3693/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3694/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1244 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Esx. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1244/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1244
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1244
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1244

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1244/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.