CWE Code: 125
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.4
CWE Name:  Out-of-bounds Read
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2018-07-13
Last Modified Date: 2018-09-11