Multiple VMware products "vmware-mount" Local Privilege Escalation

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Multiple VMware products are prone to a local privilege escalation issue that affects "vmware-mount". This issue occurs when handling temporary files. The following versions are affected: VMWare Workstation versions 7.x for Linux, VMWare Player versions 3.1.x for Linux, VMWare Server versions 2.0.2 for Linux and VMWare Fusion versions 3.1.x for Mac OS/X.

Ref: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html

10.50.28 - CVE: CVE-2010-4295, CVE-2010-4296, CVE-2010-4297
Platform: Cross Platform