Medium 6.9Published Dec 6, 2010

CVE-2010-4295Race condition in the mounting process in 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 Lin…

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Race condition in the mounting process in 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 allows host OS users to gain privileges via vectors involving temporary files.

CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vmware workstation vmware:workstation	7.0; 7.0.1; 7.1; 7.1.1; 7.1.2	NVD
vmware player vmware:player	3.1; 3.1.1; 3.1.2	NVD
vmware server vmware:server	2.0.2	NVD
vmware fusion vmware:fusion	3.1; 3.1.1; 3.1.2	NVD

References

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html	mailing-list, vendor-advisory
http://osvdb.org/69585	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42453	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42482	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45167	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024820	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html	vendor-advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116	broken-link, vendor-advisory

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