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.
CVE-2010-4297 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 6 products from vmware, from vmware, from vmware and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-12-06T21:05:49.483
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 2.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 3.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 3.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | fusion | 3.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | server | 2.0.2 | No |
| Application | vmware | esxi | 3.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | esxi | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | esxi | 4.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | esx | 3.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | esx | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | esx | 4.1 | Yes |
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