CVE-2018-6969
VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- vmware/tools
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041291Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.