Privilege Escalation via Insecure Library Loading in VMware Products

CVE-2010-4296 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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