CVE-2010-4297 Information

Description

The VMware Tools update functionality in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548; VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 328052 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.8 build 328035 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101; VMware ESXi 3.5 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware ESX 3.0.3 3.5 4.0 and 4.1 allows host OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS via unspecified vectors related to a \command injection\ issue.

Reference

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html http://osvdb.org/69590 http://secunia.com/advisories/42480 http://secunia.com/advisories/42482 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45166 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116