CVE-2010-1142

N/A
Published: April 12, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
7 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationESXiFusion· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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

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

microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

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

References (11)

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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