CVE-2009-1542

The Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 SP1, 2007, and 2007 SP1, and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, does not enforce CPU privilege-level requirements for all machine instructions, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary kernel-mode code and gain privileges within the guest OS via a crafted application, aka "Virtual PC and Virtual Server Privileged Instruction Decoding Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/35808
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1890
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022544
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html	US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6166
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-033

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2004:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:r2_sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:r2_sp1:x64:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007::x64:::::

Information

Published : 2009-07-15 08:30

Updated : 2018-10-12 14:51

NVD link : CVE-2009-1542

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1542

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

microsoft

virtual_server
virtual_pc

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