CVE-2010-1142
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1173)
- 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-2010-1173 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- 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 / 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://secunia.com/advisories/39198(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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