THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1141
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1141

Workstation vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
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 access libraries, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a Windows guest OS user into clicking on a file that is stored on a network share.
Affected vendor
Vmware
Affected product
Workstation
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2010-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-1141

  • Confirm whether Vmware Workstation is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1141.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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