CVE-2010-1142

high

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

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/39198

http://secunia.com/advisories/39206

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023832

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023833

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High