CVE-2010-4296

VMware Workstation/Player/Server/Fusion Privilege Escalation via Shared Object File Loading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
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/45168
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, Third Party 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
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/69584

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 20.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-863
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