CVE-2010-1140

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The USB service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 on W

The USB service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 on Windows might allow host OS users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program at an unspecified location on the host OS disk.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.0009

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

Sigma rules13 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

vmware workstationall versions

vmware playerall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process

producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry

producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location

productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32

productinformationalLocked Workstation

Show all 13 top matchesproductcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging
producthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging

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Scoring & Timeline

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD12 Apr 2010 · 06:30 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/39206Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023834

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39397

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

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