National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3277

Overview

The installer in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 and VMware Player 3.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 renders an index.htm file if present in the installation directory, which might allow local users to trigger unintended interpretation of web script or HTML by creating this file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-2491

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024481

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1024481

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 41574

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/41574

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20100923 VMSA-2010-0014 VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE address several security issues

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html