CVE-2015-6933

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.3MEDIUM
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Vmware EsxiVmware FusionVmware Player+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared Folders) implementation in VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.2, VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.2, VMware Fusion 7.x before 7.1.2, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0 allows Windows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS kernel memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDvmware/esxi4 versions+3
▶NVDvmware/fusion7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1+2
▶NVDvmware/player7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1+2
▶NVDvmware/workstation11.0, 11.1, 11.1.1+2

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gh38-v7fv-5hxj: The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared Folders) implementation in VMware Workstation 11↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6933: The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared Folders) implementation in VMware Workstation 11↗2016-01-09
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CVE-2015-6933 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.3) | The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared F | cvebase.io