CVE-2015-1043

low
Published 2015-01-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5 and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a guest OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmwarefusion6.0
vmwarefusion6.0.1
vmwarefusion6.0.2
vmwarefusion6.0.3
vmwarefusion6.0.4
vmwarefusion7.0
vmwareworkstation10.0
vmwareworkstation10.0.1
vmwareworkstation10.0.2
vmwareworkstation10.0.3
vmwareworkstation10.0.4
vmwareplayer6.0
vmwareplayer6.0.1
vmwareplayer6.0.2
vmwareplayer6.0.3
vmwareplayer6.0.4

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.