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CVE-2018-6969Not scoredCWE-125

CVE-2018-6969: VMware Tools vulnerability

VMware · VMware Tools

Affected: VMware Tools · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
34th percentile
050100

Higher than 34% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • VMware · VMware Tools10.x and prior before 10.3.0

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
VMware
Published
July 2018

CoverageNo articles yet

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