CVE-2015-5191

lowpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.33% (26th) EPSS

CVSS 3.7 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–6.7

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 6.4

v3.06.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware VMware Tools≤ VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9enisa_euvdEU
vmware tools≤ 10.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-07-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.0801 cnnvd
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.htmlPatchcnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100011 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013 enisa_euvd
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100011Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.htmlVendor Advisorynvd

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