Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-6969 (CCN-146404)

Assigned:2018-07-12
Published:2018-07-12
Updated:2018-09-11
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.0 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.4 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-6969

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
104737

Source: CCN
Type: BID-104737
VMware Tools HGFS CVE-2018-6969 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1041291

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-cve20186969-info-disc(146404)

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0017
VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 10.3.0)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    vmware tools *