CVE-2009-3732

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-04-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe build 158248 in VMware Remote Console (aka VMrc) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware Ace: from 2.5.0 before 2.5.4; 2.6 — fixed in 2.5.4
VMware Player: from 2.5.0 before 2.5.4; 3.0 — fixed in 2.5.4
VMware Server: from 2.0.0 through 2.0.2
VMware Workstation: from 6.5.0 before 6.5.4; 7.0 — fixed in 6.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Ace 2.5.4; VMware Player 2.5.4; VMware Workstation 6.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39110
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39110
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html

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