CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.0. It affects Microsoft.
CVE
CVE-2009-1542
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9
EPSS
7.98%
Microsoft
Original 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."