CVE-2009-3732 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe build 158248 in VMware Remote Console (aka VMrc) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2010-04-12

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 30.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.30069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39110
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Vmware Ace Player Server Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-04-12T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:38:30.210Z

Reserved: 2009-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3732

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-12T18:30:00.460

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-3732

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-134

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