CVE-2010-4297
The VMware Tools update functionality in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548; VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 328052 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.8 build 328035 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101; VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1; and VMware ESX 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 allows host OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS via unspecified vectors, related to a "command injection" issue.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 5.2% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4270)
- 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-2010-4270 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html
- http://osvdb.org/69590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42480(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42482(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45166
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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