CVE-2015-1044: VMware ESXi

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• VMware ESXi: version 5.0 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.5 only
• VMware Player: version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 6.0.2 only; version 6.0.3 only; version 6.0.4 only
• VMware Workstation: version 10.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.3 only; version 10.0.4 only

Published 2015-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.