CVE-2015-1044

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

Description

vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host 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
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

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