CVE-2015-6933

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Player
PublishedJan 9, 2016
First seenJan 9, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware player7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1—
vmware workstation11.0, 11.1, 11.1.1—
vmware esxi5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0—
vmware fusion7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1—

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