PT-2010-1297 · Vmware · Vmware Remote Console+1

Published 2010-04-12 · Updated 2023-01-24 · CVE-2009-3732

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Remote Console versions prior to the version that fixes the issue in build 158248

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. This is due to a format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe.

Recommendations For versions prior to the fixed version, consider restricting access to the vmware-vmrc.exe until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3732

Affected Products

Vmware Remote Console

Vmware Workstation

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/12188 · Exploit
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3732 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3732 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42733 · Telegram Post
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39110 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html · Note