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CVE-2009-3707

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…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareAce
Versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.6
VmwarePlayer
Versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 3.0
VmwareServer
Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 7.0

Weakness classification

CWE-134

References