CVE-2009-3732

critical

Published 2010-04-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-12188 dos multiple verified

Alexey Sintsov · 2010-04-12

VMware Remote Console e.x.p build-158248 - Format String

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
vmware	ace	`{"startIncluding":"2.5.0","endExcluding":"2.5.4"}`	`2.5.4`
vmware	ace	`2.6`
vmware	player	`{"startIncluding":"2.5.0","endExcluding":"2.5.4"}`	`2.5.4`
vmware	player	`3.0`
vmware	server	`{"startIncluding":"2.0.0","endIncluding":"2.0.2"}`
vmware	workstation	`{"startIncluding":"6.5.0","endExcluding":"6.5.4"}`	`6.5.4`
vmware	workstation	`7.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-134

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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