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CVE-2018-6969

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.

Published

2018-07-13T13:29:00.237

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:11:30.230

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	tools	< 10.3.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)