CVE-2010-4295

VMware Workstation/Player/Server/Fusion Privilege Escalation via Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in the mounting process in 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 allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving temporary files.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/69585
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45167
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42453
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42482
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (12)
vmware/fusion 3.1
vmware/fusion 3.1.1
vmware/fusion 3.1.2
vmware/player 3.1
vmware/player 3.1.1
vmware/player 3.1.2
vmware/server 2.0.2
vmware/workstation 7.0
vmware/workstation 7.0.1
vmware/workstation 7.1
... and 2 more
Published Dec 06, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026