CVE-2010-4295

N/A
Published: December 6, 2010 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusionPlayer· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Race condition in the mounting process in vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving temporary files.

Affected

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

apple-macos (environment)
linux-linux-kernel (environment)
linux-linux-kernel (environment)
linux-linux-kernel (environment)

Runs on — not affected

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

References (10)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/69585
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42453
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42482
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45167
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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