CVE-2010-1139: VMware Fusion

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.3 only; version 2.0.4 only; version 2.0.5 only; …
• VMware Player: version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 2.5.2 only; version 2.5.3 only
• VMware Server: version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only
• VMware Vix API: version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only
• VMware Workstation: version 6.5.0 only; version 6.5.1 only; version 6.5.2 only; version 6.5.3 only

Published 2010-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.