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TI-2010-01101 Aliases CVE-2010-1142GHSA-4p33-j96h-vmj6

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459; VMware Player 2.5.x…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01641 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.0VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-1142
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4p33-j96h-vmj6

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2008-03731 Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-00059 Integer underflow in the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-03556 Format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe build 158248 in VMware Remote Console (aka… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-04202 Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and vmnet-natd in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-00058 Integer overflow in the ISC dhcpd 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1; and the DHCP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-00057 The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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