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
Published Apr 13, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.27%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.5.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.5.0
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.5
- 3.5
- ≤ 2.0.3
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- ≤ 2.5.1
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.5
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 2.0
- ≤ 6.5.1
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 3.2.1
- 3.4
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.5.2
- 5
- 5.0.0
- 5.5
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.8
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02272) | 82.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.01998) | 78.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00709) | 70.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 33.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 31.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 29.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.82% (0.04819) | 89.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.82% (0.04819) | 88.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.82% (0.04819) | 74.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/53634 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/53634 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34471 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022031 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49834 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.