PT-2010-2856 · Vmware · Vmware Player+1

Published 2010-04-12 · Updated 2013-05-15 · CVE-2010-1140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 7.0 through 7.0.1 build 227600 VMware Player versions 3.0 through 3.0.1 build 227600

Description The issue is related to the USB service, which might allow host OS users to gain privileges by placing a malicious program at an unspecified location on the host OS disk.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 7.0 through 7.0.1 build 227600, update to version 7.0.1 build 227600 or later. For VMware Player versions 3.0 through 3.0.1 build 227600, update to version 3.0.1 build 227600 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1140

Affected Products

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

References · 10

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1140 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/39397 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1140 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023834 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html · Note