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CVE-2010-1139

N/A

Published: April 12, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusionPlayer· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fusion · VMware

95%

2.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3 2.0.4 2.0.5 2.0.6

Player · VMware

95%

2.5 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3

linux-linux-kernel (environment)

Server · VMware

95%

2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2

linux-linux-kernel (environment)

Vix API · VMware

95%

Workstation · VMware

95%

6.5.0 6.5.1 6.5.2 6.5.3

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Source: [email protected]

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/63606

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/39201

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/39206

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/39215

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-134

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