{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6933 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2015-6933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 9 Jan 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6933 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2015-6933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 9 Jan 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6933 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Esxi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6933/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6933/index.md)","id":"CVE-2015-6933","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6933/index.md","name":"CVE-2015-6933","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gh38-v7fv-5hxj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware virtualization software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Guest OS users can escalate privileges or cause denial of service via kernel memory corruption in VMware Tools HGFS implementation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"esxi","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"fusion","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"player","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"The VMware Tools HGFS (aka Shared Folders) implementation in VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.2, VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.2, VMware Fusion 7.x before 7.1.2, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0 allows Windows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS kernel memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-6933","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:esxi","products":["vmware:esxi","vmware:fusion","vmware:player","vmware:workstation"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2015"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-6934"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-6932"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-01-09","related":[{"cvss_score":2.7,"headline":"Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging","id":"CVE-2026-41709","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware ESXi","id":"CVE-2019-5521","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-20"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Use-after-free vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-22252","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-05"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in ESXi","id":"CVE-2020-3955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-29"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4573","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-12-22"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client","id":"CVE-2019-5527","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-10-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, and VMware Fusion","id":"CVE-2018-6981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-12-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Guest OS users can escalate privileges or cause denial of service via kernel memory corruption in VMware Tools HGFS implementation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6933/"}