CVE-2010-4297

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.052 · 92 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

5.17% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

38 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-15717VMware Tools - Update OS Command InjectionPoC · exploit_db

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware esx= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 2.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 3.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-12-06modified 2026-06-16

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