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VMware Workstation: Windows-based VMware Tools Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (VMSA-2010-0007) (CVE-2010-1142)

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VMware Workstation: Windows-based VMware Tools Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (VMSA-2010-0007) (CVE-2010-1142)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/12/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/18/2014
Modified
02/13/2015

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-6_5_4

References

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