CVE-2010-3277

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The installer in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 and VMware Player 3.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 renders an index.htm file if present in the installation directory, which might allow local users to trigger unintended interpretation of web script or HTML by creating this file.

Affected products

VMware Player: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.1.1
VMware Workstation: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024481
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024481
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491

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