CVE-2015-6933 - Improper Access Control

Severity

65%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 3.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

VMWare

First reported 9 years ago

2016-01-09 02:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-07 18:22:00

Affected Software

VMWare Player 7.0

7.0

VMWare Player 7.1

7.1

VMWare Player 7.1.1

7.1.1

VMWare Workstation 11.0

11.0

VMWare Workstation 11.1

11.1

VMWare Workstation 11.1.1

11.1.1

VMWare ESXi 5.0

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 1

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 2

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.1 Update 1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.5

5.5

VMWare ESXi 6.0

6.0

VMWare Fusion 7.0

7.0

VMWare Fusion 7.1

7.1

VMWare Fusion 7.1.1

7.1.1

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