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CVE-2010-4295

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
06/12/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Race condition in the mounting process in vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving temporary files.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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