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CVE-2010-1142

Published: Apr 12, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
8.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1142
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459; VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459; VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459; VMware Server 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138; VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6 build 246742; VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0; and VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, and 4.0 does not properly load VMware programs, which might allow Windows guest OS users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program at an unspecified location on the guest OS disk.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WorkstationVmware6.5.0 (including)6.5.0 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.1 (including)6.5.1 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.2 (including)6.5.2 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.3 (including)6.5.3 (including)

References

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