CVE-2009-1147

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% 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 vmci.sys in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) 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 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected products

VMware Ace: 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.3_build_54075 (+13)
VMware Player: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+11)
VMware Server: 2.0
VMware Workstation: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.1, 1.1.1 (+39)

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?1021976
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%3A5471
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?1021976
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html

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