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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39394
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39198
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (28)
vmware/ace
2.5.0
vmware/ace
2.5.1
vmware/ace
2.5.2
vmware/ace
2.5.3
vmware/esx
2.5.5
vmware/esx
3.0.3
vmware/esx
3.5
vmware/esx
4.0
vmware/esxi
3.5
vmware/esxi
4.0
... and 18 more
Published
Apr 12, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026