PT-2018-17849 · Vmware+1 · Vmware Tools+1

Published 2018-07-13 · Updated 2018-09-11 · CVE-2018-6969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Tools versions 10.x and prior before 10.3.0

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS, which may lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation on guest VMs. For exploitation to be possible, file sharing must be enabled.

Recommendations For versions 10.x and prior before 10.3.0, update to version 10.3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2299

CVE-2018-6969

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vmware Tools

References · 5

• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6969 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6969 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104737 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041291 · Note