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CVE-2018-6969
Published: Jul 13, 2018
Modified: Sep 17, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
VMware | VMware Tools | affected 10.x and prior before 10.3.0 |
References
1041291
vdb-entry
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html
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104737
vdb-entry
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