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CVE-2019-5522 — VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in

VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Win

CVSS
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EPSS
0.12% (top 68.90%)
CWE
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Published
2019-06-06T19:00:03.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T20:01:51.934Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
VMwareVMware Tools for WindowsVMware Tools for Windows (10.x before 10.3.10)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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