CVE-2009-2267

CVE-2009-2267 affects VMware products (Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion, ESXi/ESX) where Virtual-8086 mode is used. The root cause is an improper setting of the exception code on a page fault (#PF), allowing guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by supplying a crafted value fo...

Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation

No description provided by source. Invalid PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In protected mode, cpl is usually equal to the two least significant bits of the cs register. However, ther...

Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation

Invalid PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In protected mode, cpl is usually equal to the two least significant bits of the cs register. However, there is an exception: in Virtual-8086...

VMSA-2009-0015 : VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues

a. Mishandled exception on page faults An improper setting of the exception code on page faults may allow for local privilege escalation on the guest operating system. This vulnerability does not affect the host system. VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google...