CVE-2009-1244

mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.27% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

94 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.

cvss

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

6.8

010

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

v2.06.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.1 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-264USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

piotrbania/vmware_exploit_pack_CVE-2009-1244vmware cloudburst exploit CVE-2009-1244PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (94)

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= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 3.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-04-13modified 2026-06-16

references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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