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\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2009-4811
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
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- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EG Risk
- 0EG Risk 0/100
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- EPSS
- 84.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 27, 2010
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- cve@mitrehttp://freetexthost.com/qr1tffkzpu
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- cve@mitrehttp://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/vmware-server-20x-remote-dos-exploit.html
- cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://freetexthost.com/qr1tffkzpu
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/vmware-server-20x-remote-dos-exploit.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
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