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CVE-2010-4297

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The VMware Tools update functionality in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548; VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 328052 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.8 build 328035 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101; VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1; and VMware ESX 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 allows host OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS via unspecified vectors, related to a "command injection" issue.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
• VMware Fusion: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+6)
• VMware Player: 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5 (+3)
• VMware Workstation: 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.5, 7.0 (+4)

References

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html
• http://osvdb.org/69590
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42480
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42482
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45166
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html
• http://osvdb.org/69590

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