CVE-2010-1142 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2010-1142

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459;...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

workstation, player, ace, server, fusion, esxi, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 2.5.5, 3.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: April 12th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.