$ cve CVE-2009-0177 JSON

CVE-2009-0177 EXPLOIT

5.0

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.6% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

Scoring

CVSS	5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS	8.64% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-399
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2009-01-20
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (5)

Vendor	Product
vmware	ace
vmware	fusion
vmware	server
vmware	vmware player
vmware	vmware workstation

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	VMware 2.5.1 - 'VMware-authd' Remote Denial of Service	2009-01-02

References

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