CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6969

VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.

4.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-13 01:29

Updated : 2018-09-11 02:47

NVD link : CVE-2018-6969

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6969

Products Affected

Tools

Vmware

CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read