CVE-2009-3281

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-10-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The vmx86 kernel extension in VMware Fusion before 2.0.6 build 196839 does not use correct file permissions, which allows host OS users to gain privileges on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware Fusion: through 2.0.5; 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 2.0 (+4)

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000066.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36928
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022981
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0013.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2811
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000066.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36928
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022981
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0013.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2811

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