CVE-2015-6933 (GCVE-0-2015-6933)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034604 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034603 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-01-01 00:00
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