CVE-2010-1142

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
1.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 22% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 12, 2010 (5876 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware workstationvmware playervmware acevmware servervmware fusionvmware esxivmware esx

References

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