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CVE-2009-1542

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Published: Jul 15, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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9.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (6)

2 products
Virtual Pc
Virtual Server
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Microsoft
Version 2004 sp1
Version 2007
Version 2007
Version 2007 sp1
Microsoft
Version 2005 r2_sp1
Version 2005 r2_sp1

Related CWEs

References (12)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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