4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.7%
VMware Workstation 6.0.x, 6.5.x
VMware Player 2.0.x, 2.5.x
VMware ACE 2.0.x
VMware Server 2.x
Product Link:
http://www.vmware.com
Severity: Medium
Impact: Denial of Service
Attack Vector: Local
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
CVE: CVE-2009-1146
Positive Technologies Research Team has discovered denial of service vulnerabilities in VMware products.
The IOCTL handler in hcmon.sys does not properly validate buffer data associated with the Irp object, which allows local users with administrative priviligies to crash the system.
Update to the latest product version: vmware.com.
Workstation 6.5.x Windows 6.5.2 build 156735 or later
Workstation 6.0.x Windows upgrade to at least 6.5.2
Player 2.5.x Windows 2.5.2 build 156735 or later
Player 2.0.x Windows upgrade to at least 2.5.2
ACE 2.5.x Windows 2.5.2 build 156735 or later
ACE 2.0.x Windows upgrade to at least 2.5.2
Server 2.x Windows 2.0.1 build 156745 or later
Disclosure Timeline
10.14.2008 - Vendor notified
10.16.2008 - Vendor replied
10.16.2008 - Sent detailed information
03.31.2009 - Vendor released fixed versions
04.06.2009 - Public disclosure
This vulnerability was discovered by Nikita Tarakanov, Positive Technologies Research Team.
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2008-07>
<http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp>
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Positive Technologies Research Team:
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/>
<http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp>