VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1542

CVSS score9 NONE
EPSS probability7.98%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-07-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Primary references