vulnerability

VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2018-6969: VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 12, 2018
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Aug 20, 2025

Description

VMware Tools for Windows contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs.

Solution

vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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