CVE-2010-4296
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 does not properly load libraries, which allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving shared object files.
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-863
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4269)
- Published
- December 6, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4269 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- linux / linux kernel
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/69584(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42453(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42482(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45168(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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