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Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-6933

CVE-2015-6933

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Fusion4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <7.1.2
  • VMware/Player3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <11.1.2
  • VMware/Esxi8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0 - 6.0

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