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CVE-2009-3732
published 2010-04-12

CVE-2009-3732: Format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe build 158248 in VMware Remote Console (aka VMrc) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

PriorityP265critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
16.20%
96.6th percentile
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.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vmwareace
vmwareace>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.42.5.4
vmwareplayer
vmwareplayer>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.42.5.4
vmwareserver2.0.0 – 2.0.2
vmwarevcenter_server
vmwarevmware_esxi
vmwarevmware_fusion
vmwarevmware_tools
vmwarevmware_workstation
vmwareworkstation
vmwareworkstation>= 6.5.0 < 6.5.46.5.4

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

filenamevmware-vmrc.exe
otherclsid:B94C2238-346E-4C5E-9B36-8CC627F35574
commandvmware-vmrc.exe -u vmware_user -h HOST -M AAAA:%x.%x.%x.%x.:BBBB
commandobjectVMRC.connect ("host" ,"username" ,"password", "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x" ,"X" ,2);
versione.x.p build-158248
  • Monitor process execution of vmware-vmrc.exe with command-line arguments containing format string specifiers (e.g., %x, %n, %s) in the -M (MOID) or -h (HOST) parameters, which are the vulnerable injection points.
  • Detect instantiation or scripting of the VMware Remote Console ActiveX control by its CLSID (B94C2238-346E-4C5E-9B36-8CC627F35574) in web pages or HTML, particularly when the connect() method is called with format string characters in the MOID or HOST arguments.
  • Alert on error dialog strings from vmware-vmrc.exe that echo back user-supplied format specifiers, indicating successful format string injection: 'Error opening the remote virtual machine HOST\MOID'.
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