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.
References
- GLSA-201209-25 vendor-advisory
- 39206 third-party-advisory
- [security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues mailing-list
- 39394 vdb-entry
- 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues mailing-list
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-04-12-2-PUB.txt
- 1023833 vdb-entry
- 39198 third-party-advisory
- 1023832 vdb-entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues mailing-list