CVE-2015-6933

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score
1.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 17% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Published: January 9, 2016 (3779 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-284

Affected Products

vmware playervmware workstationvmware esxivmware fusion

References

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