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VMSA-2016-0001: Windows-based guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools (CVE-2015-6933)

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VMSA-2016-0001: Windows-based guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools (CVE-2015-6933)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/20/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi50-upgrade-3021432
  • vmware-esxi51-upgrade-3021178
  • vmware-esxi55-upgrade-3247226
  • vmware-esxi60-upgrade-3341439

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