CVE-2018-6969
open-vm-tools: Out-of-bounds read in HGFS allows for information disclosure or potential privilege escalation
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 16, 2018
Updated · January 14, 2026
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 score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.6CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read