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vulnerability alert CVE-2009-1805
VMware: denial of service of Descheduled Time Accounting
Synthesis of the vulnerability
| An attacker in a Windows guest system can use the Descheduled Time Accounting driver in order to generate a denial of service. |
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 29/05/2009.
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Description of the vulnerability
The Descheduled Time Accounting (VMDesched) service can be optionally installed, in order to detect and correct time drifting (stacked System Timer interruptions) in virtual machines.
An attacker in a Windows guest system can use the Descheduled Time Accounting driver in order to generate a denial of service.
Technical details are unknown. |
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Characteristics
Title: VMware: denial of service of Descheduled Time Accounting.
Keywords: Accounting Descheduled System Time Timer VMDesched VMware Windows denial service.
Identifiers: BID-35141, CVE-2009-1805, VIGILANCE-VUL-8746, VMSA-2009-0007.
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