CVE-2015-5191

medium
Published 2017-07-28 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
6.7

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
66%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:10.1.5-5055683-5
debian debianbullseyefixed2:10.1.5-5055683-5
debian debianforkyfixed2:10.1.5-5055683-5
debian debiansidfixed2:10.1.5-5055683-5
debian debiantrixiefixed2:10.1.5-5055683-5
linux linux-kernelnot-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmware vmwaretools{"endIncluding":"10.0.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-362

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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