High severity · published Jul 13, 2018
CVE-2018-6969
VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS
7.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tools · Vmware
before 10.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6969
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html
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