{"cve":"CVE-2009-2267","nvd":{"published":"2009-11-02T15:30:00.420","modified":"2026-06-16T23:09:06.217","status":"Modified","description":"VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138, VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6 build 196839, VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0, and VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, and 4.0, when Virtual-8086 mode is used, do not properly set the exception code upon a page fault (aka #PF) exception, which allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by specifying a crafted value for the cs register.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/37172","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml","http://securitytracker.com/id?1023082","http://securitytracker.com/id?1023083"],"products":["vmware:ace","vmware:esx","vmware:esxi","vmware:fusion","vmware:player","vmware:server","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2267","score":0.01755,"percentile":0.7793,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}