CVE-2010-1140 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program on the host disk, affecting VMware Workstation and Player on Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-1140?
CVE-2010-1140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 12 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The USB service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 on Windows might allow host OS users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program at an unspecified location on the host OS disk.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1140?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-1140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3r4h-rh4f-997w.