CVE-2009-2267

mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.75% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

34 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138, VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6 build 196839, VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0, and VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, and 4.0, when Virtual-8086 mode is used, do not properly set the exception code upon a page fault (aka #PF) exception, which allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by specifying a crafted value for the cs register.

cvss

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

6.9

010

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

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-10207VMware Virtual 8086 - Linux Local Ring0functional · exploit_db

affected products (34)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware ace= 2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware ace= 2.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 2.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-11-02modified 2026-06-16

references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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