CVE-2018-6957 Information

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion VNC must be manually enabled.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539 https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.html

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.3