CVE-2015-1044

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1044
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-29 18:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionvmware-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 10.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 10.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 10.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 10.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 10.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMSA-2015-0001 | United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware ESXi Authorization Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware Workstation/Player Authorization Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Multiple VMware Products CVE-2015-1044 Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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