CVE-2015-5191

CVSS V2 Low 3.7 CVSS V3 Medium 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
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5191
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-07-28T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T14:19:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.7
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100011 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5191
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5191
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:04:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:10:23 2017-07-28T21:29Z 2017-07-28T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:10:23 2017-08-08T14:19:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:10:23 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated