ESXi 6.0 < Build 3380124 Shared Folders (HGFS) Guest Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2016-0001) (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 6.0 host is prior to build 3380124. It is, therefore, affected by a guest privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shared Folders HGFS feature due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this to corrupt memory, resulting in an elevation ...

VMware Workstation 11.x < 11.1.2 Shared Folders (HGFS) Guest Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2016-0001)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 11.x prior to 11.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by a guest privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shared Folders HGFS feature due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this to corrupt memor...

VMware Player 7.x < 7.1.2 Shared Folders (HGFS) Guest Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2016-0001) (Linux)

The version of VMware Player installed on the remote host is version 7.x prior to 7.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by a guest privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shared Folders HGFS feature due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this to corrupt...

VMware Workstation 11.x < 11.1.2 Shared Folders (HGFS) Guest Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2016-0001) (Linux)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 11.x prior to 11.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by a guest privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shared Folders HGFS feature due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this to corrupt memor...

VMSA-2016-0001 : VMware ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address important guest privilege escalation vulnerability

Important Windows-based guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools A kernel memory corruption vulnerability is present in the VMware Tools 'Shared Folders' HGFS feature running on Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation of this issue could lead to an escalation of privilege in the guest...

KLA10733 Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware products

Memory corruption vulnerability was found in VMware products. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can cause denial of service or gain privileges. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via an unknown vectors. NB: This vulnerability have no public CVSS rating so rating can be...