VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3707 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.26%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33271 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-10-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-08-31 | 16.89% | 21.26% | +4.37% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 18.14% | 16.89% | -1.25% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 18.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2009-3707: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-25), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/vmware-player, app-emulation/vmware-server, app-emulation/vmware-workstation); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3707 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | ace | 2.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | server | 2.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | server | 2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | server | 2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 7.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |