CVE-2009-0177

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.086 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

8.64% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

42 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-7647VMware 2.5.1 - 'VMware-authd' Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (42)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware ace≤ 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion≤ 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player≤ 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.05nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-01-20modified 2026-06-16

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references (24)

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