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high7.2

CVE-2010-1139

Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459…

Impact

Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3
VmwarePlayer
Versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3
VmwareServer
Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
VmwareFusion
Versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5
VmwareVix Api
Versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1

Weakness classification

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