CVE-2018-6969

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Tools
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2018

Summary

VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.

Affected Version(s)

VMware Tools 10.x and prior before 10.3.0

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017...
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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