CVE-2015-5191

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 80% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: July 28, 2017 (3212 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-362

Affected Products

vmware tools

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com