VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file
Published Jan 29, 2015
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.19%
Description
VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.19% (0.04189) | 90.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.19% (0.04189) | 89.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01035) | 75.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.14% (0.02142) | 73.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.62% (0.00617) | 68.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.75% (0.00748) | 81.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00728) | 80.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00728) | 77.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88252465/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62551 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62605 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62669 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72338 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031642 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031643 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100933 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88252465/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000007 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62551 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62605 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62669 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72338 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031642 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031643 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100933 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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