cve/2009/CVE-2009-0177.md

### [CVE-2009-0177](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0177)
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### Description

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6433
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7647

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.