CVE-2015-1044

low

Published 2015-01-29 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	workstation	`10.0`
vmware	workstation	`10.0.1`
vmware	workstation	`10.0.2`
vmware	workstation	`10.0.3`
vmware	workstation	`10.0.4`
vmware	player	`6.0`
vmware	player	`6.0.1`
vmware	player	`6.0.2`
vmware	player	`6.0.3`
vmware	player	`6.0.4`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.