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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2009-3707 Detail

Current Description

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\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html CVE, MITRE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36988 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39206 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39215 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022997 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630 CVE, MITRE
http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt CVE, MITRE URL Repurposed 
http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php CVE, MITRE URL Repurposed 
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  URL Repurposed 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3707
NVD Published Date:
10/16/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE