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CVE-2009-1146

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in an ioctl in hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3761.

Affected products

• VMware Ace: through 2.5.1; 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+10)
• VMware Player: through 2.5.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+10)
• VMware Server: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+4)
• VMware Workstation: through 6.5.1; 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.1, 1.1.1 (+26)

References

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021977
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6310
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021977
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html

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