CVE-2015-6933

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared Folders) implementation in VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.2, VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.2, VMware Fusion 7.x before 7.1.2, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0 allows Windows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS kernel memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware ESXi: 5.0-1, 5.0-2, 5.1-1; 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0 (and their updates)
VMware Fusion: 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1 (and their updates)
VMware Player: 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1 (and their updates)
VMware Workstation: 11.0, 11.1, 11.1.1 (and their updates)

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034603
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034604
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0001.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034603
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034604
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0001.html

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