Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5191
CVE-2015-5191
Description
VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected products
12- osv-coords9 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 10.1.0-1.1+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.0-8.1
- Range: VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100011nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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