{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6969 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-6969 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6969 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-6969 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6969 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware Tools. 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-2018-6969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6969/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-6969","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6969/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-6969","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qc3q-9h28-r994"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"VMware Tools","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Out-of-bounds read in VMware Tools HGFS allows attackers to disclose information or escalate privileges on guest VMs when file sharing is enabled.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"tools","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-125","name":"Out-of-bounds Read"}],"description":"VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.","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":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2018-6969","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Horizon 6, Horizon 7, and Horizon Client","id":"CVE-2018-6970"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Code injection in AirWatch Agent","id":"CVE-2018-6968"},"products":["VMware Tools"],"published":"2018-07-13","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2023-34057","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-27"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7079","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"XML external entity in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-22977","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-24"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2019-5522","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-06"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Race condition in VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)","id":"CVE-2020-3941","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-01-15"}],"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":"2024-09-17","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"Out-of-bounds read in VMware Tools HGFS allows attackers to disclose information or escalate privileges on guest VMs when file sharing is enabled.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6969/"}