CVE-2010-1142 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program on the guest OS disk due to improper loading of VMware programs.
- 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-2010-1142?
CVE-2010-1142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1142?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Server and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-1142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4p33-j96h-vmj6.