6.7

CVE-2015-5191: vmware tools Race Condition

CVSS: 6.7v3.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0354SUSE-SU-2017:0701-1SUSE-SU-2017:0702-1
Published 28-07-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5191 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Race Condition vulnerability in vmware tools. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse8 products
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 10.1.0-5.3.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 10.1.0-8.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 10.1.0-7.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 10.1.0-5.3.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 10.1.0-8.1
Vmware2 products
Debian1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:10.1.5-5055683-5
Mageia1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 10.1.5-2.1.mga6
Opensuse1 product
  • open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 10.1.0-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

6 vendors · 14 products

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