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CVE-2010-1142

Published: Apr 12, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
8.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 26.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
workstationOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
playerOn-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
aceSaaS
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
server
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
fusionOn-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
esxiOn-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
esxOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
lists.vmware.com
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