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CVE-2015-6933

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
09/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
6.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.50
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools