VMware Player up to 2.5.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-1146. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Player (Virtualization Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in an ioctl in hcmon.sys 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 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3761.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2009. The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2009 by Laurent Gaffie as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1146 since 03/25/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36117 (VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2009-0005/VMSA-2009-0007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116348 (VMware Hosted Products, VI Client and Patches for ESX (VMSA-2009-0005 )).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49700), Tenable (36117), SecurityFocus (BID 34373†), OSVDB (53695†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021977†). The entries VDB-3902, VDB-3957, VDB-43768 and VDB-45954 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Virtualization Software

Vendor

VMware

Name

Player

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 36117
Nessus Name: VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2009-0005/VMSA-2009-0007)
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OpenVAS ID: 900703
OpenVAS Name: VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux) Apr09
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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03/25/2009 🔍
04/03/2009 +9 days 🔍
04/04/2009 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2009 +2 days 🔍
04/06/2009 +0 days 🔍
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04/09/2009 +3 days 🔍
04/13/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2164 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Laurent Gaffie
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1146 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47532

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X-Force: 49700
SecurityFocus: 34373 - VMware Hosted Products VMSA-2009-0005 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 53695 - CVE-2009-1146 - VMware - Multiple Products - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021977
Vulnerability Center: 21548 - VMware in hcmon.sys Local DoS Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Low
Vupen: ADV-2009-0944

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/09/2021 12:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (84), 09/01/2019 14:22 (4), 08/09/2021 12:14 (3)
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