CVE-2010-1142
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.0 | |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.1 | |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.2 | |
| vmware | workstation | 6.5.3 | |
| vmware | player | 2.5 | |
| vmware | player | 2.5.1 | |
| vmware | player | 2.5.2 | |
| vmware | player | 2.5.3 | |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.0 | |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.1 | |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.2 | |
| vmware | ace | 2.5.3 | |
| vmware | server | 2.0.0 | |
| vmware | server | 2.0.1 | |
| vmware | server | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0.1 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0.3 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0.4 | |
| vmware | fusion | 2.0.5 | |
| vmware | fusion | 3.0 | |
| vmware | esxi | 3.5 | |
| vmware | esxi | 4.0 | |
| vmware | esx | 2.5.5 | |
| vmware | esx | 3.0.3 | |
| vmware | esx | 3.5 | |
| vmware | esx | 4.0 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.