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VMware Workstation: Windows-based host denial of service vulnerability in hcmon.sys (VMSA-2009-0005) (CVE-2009-1146)

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VMware Workstation: Windows-based host denial of service vulnerability in hcmon.sys (VMSA-2009-0005) (CVE-2009-1146)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/06/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/18/2014
Modified
02/18/2014

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in an ioctl in hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3761.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-6_5_2

References

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