CVE-2015-5191: VMware Tools

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• VMware Tools: up to and including 10.0.8

Published 2017-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.