CVE-2018-6969 json
VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS.
published 2018-07-13 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-18713
- cvss
- 7.0
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6969 updated cvss 6.6
open-vm-tools: Out-of-bounds read in HGFS allows for information disclosure or potential privilege escalation
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-test, open-vm-tools-desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-sdmp, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minionnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- VMware VMware Tools
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
- Technology feeds
References
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vmware.com
/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html
patch, vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1041291
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/104737
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-6969
- NVD CVE-2018-6969
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