CVE-2010-4297: VMware Esx

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware ESXi: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• 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; version 2.5.4 only; version 2.5.5 only; …
• VMware Workstation: version 6.5.0 only; version 6.5.1 only; version 6.5.2 only; version 6.5.3 only; version 6.5.5 only; version 7.0 only; …

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