CVE-2010-4297

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
2.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: December 6, 2010 (5638 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

The VMware Tools update functionality in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548; VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 328052 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.8 build 328035 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101; VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1; and VMware ESX 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 allows host OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS via unspecified vectors, related to a "command injection" issue.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

vmware workstationvmware playervmware fusionvmware esxivmware esx

References

🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com