CVE-2010-4297
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…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- VMware Tools - Update OS Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15717remote, multiplepublished 9 Dec 2010Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- [security-announce] 20101202 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 69590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20101203 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 42480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1024820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4270 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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