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CVE-2009-1244

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1244 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function across various VMware products, including Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX. This flaw allows a guest operating system user to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it represents a high-impact local attack requiring authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 53634
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49834
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6065
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502615/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34471
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0944