CVE-2010-1139
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1170)
- Published
- April 12, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1170 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / server
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/63606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39201(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39215(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39407
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023835
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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