CVE-2015-5191 (GCVE-0-2015-5191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-28 21:00
Modified
2024-09-16 17:27
Severity ?
CWE
  • Local privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
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
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VMware VMware Tools Version: VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9
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