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F5 Networks: CVE-2015-5191: K84583382: VMware Tools vulnerability CVE-2015-5191

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F5 Networks: CVE-2015-5191: K84583382: VMware Tools vulnerability CVE-2015-5191

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/28/2017
Created
02/25/2022
Added
02/24/2022
Modified
08/23/2024

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

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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