VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6969
CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory