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CVE-2009-3281

🗓️ 16 Oct 2009 16:00:00Reported by mitreType 
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VMware Fusion vulnerability allows host OS privilege escalation due to incorrect file permissions.

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circl
Circl
CVE-2009-3281
2 Oct 200900:00
–circl
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2009-3281
16 Oct 200916:00
–cvelist
exploitdb
Exploit DB
VMware Fusion 2.0.5 - vmx86 kext Kernel Privilege Escalation
2 Oct 200900:00
–exploitdb
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2009-3264
7 Oct 202500:30
–euvd
nessus
Tenable Nessus
VMware Fusion < 2.0.6 (VMSA-2009-0013)
2 Oct 200900:00
–nessus
nvd
NVD
CVE-2009-3281
16 Oct 200916:30
–nvd
prion
Prion
Code injection
16 Oct 200916:30
–prion
rapid7
Rapid7 Vulnerability Database (full)
CVE-2009-3281: Undefined Security Weakness
16 Oct 200900:00
–rapid7
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2009-3281
22 May 202500:08
–redhatcve
securityvulns
securityvulns
VMSA-2009-0013 VMware Fusion resolves two security issues
3 Oct 200900:00
–securityvulns
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vmwarefusionRange≤2.0.5
vmwarefusionMatch1.0
vmwarefusionMatch1.1
vmwarefusionMatch1.1.1
vmwarefusionMatch1.1.2
vmwarefusionMatch1.1.3
vmwarefusionMatch2.0
vmwarefusionMatch2.0.1
vmwarefusionMatch2.0.2
vmwarefusionMatch2.0.3
vmwarefusionMatch2.0.4
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
VMX86_IOCTLpath/dev/vmmonVMware Fusion vmx86 kext local privilege escalation via IOCTL on /dev/vmmon (improper file permissions).CWE-264
req.uaddrpath/dev/vmmonVMware Fusion vmx86 kext local privilege escalation via IOCTL on /dev/vmmon (improper file permissions).CWE-264
buf.lenpath/dev/vmmonVMware Fusion vmx86 kext local privilege escalation via IOCTL on /dev/vmmon (improper file permissions).CWE-264

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16 Jun 2026 23:11Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.00934
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