PT-2016-3731 · Vmware+1 · Vmware Player+4

Published 2016-01-09 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-6933

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 11.0 through 11.1.1 VMware Player versions 7.0 through 7.1.1 VMware Fusion versions 7.0 through 7.1.1 VMware ESXi versions 5.0 through 6.0

Description The issue allows Windows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service due to guest OS kernel memory corruption.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 11.0 through 11.1.1, update to version 11.1.2 or later. For VMware Player versions 7.0 through 7.1.1, update to version 7.1.2 or later. For VMware Fusion versions 7.0 through 7.1.1, update to version 7.1.2 or later. For VMware ESXi versions 5.0 through 6.0, update to a version outside of the affected range.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6933

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

Windows

References · 5

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6933 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034604 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6933 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034603 · Note