CVE-2010-4296: VMware Fusion

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 does not properly load libraries, which allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving shared object files.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: version 3.1 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.1.2 only
• VMware Player: version 3.1 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.1.2 only
• VMware Server: version 2.0.2 only
• VMware Workstation: version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only

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