CVE-2010-1142

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.

• CWE-264

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39198Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39206Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39394
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39198Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39206Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39394
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 12, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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