CVE-2009-3707
VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 11.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- VMware Player / VMware Workstation 6.5.3 - 'VMware-authd' Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33271dos, windowspublished 7 Oct 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 39206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36630 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1022997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 36988 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3680 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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