Vulnerability CVE-2009-1542
Published: 2009-07-15   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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."

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9/10
10/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Virtual pc 
Microsoft -> Virtual server 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022544
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1890
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-033
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6166
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top