High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6969
CVE-2018-6969
Description
VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=10.2.9
- Range: 10.x and prior before 10.3.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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