Submitted by securityadmin on
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0006.html
"The VMware vmrun utility is susceptible to a local privilege escalation
in non-standard configurations."
All users of the vmrun utility should visit the advisory and see if
his/her instance is susceptible. If so, it is critical to update the
software through the links provided in the advisory.