vulnerability
VMSA-2016-0001: Windows-based guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools (CVE-2015-6933)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 8, 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2016
Added
Oct 20, 2016
Modified
Oct 7, 2025
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.
Solutions
vmware-esxi50-upgrade-3021432vmware-esxi51-upgrade-3021178vmware-esxi55-upgrade-3247226vmware-esxi60-upgrade-3341439
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