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CVE-2010-1142

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; …

Impact

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.

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
VmwareAce
Versions 2.5.0, 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
VmwareEsxi
Versions 3.5, 4.0
VmwareEsx
Versions 2.5.5, 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0

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