VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.
Affected Platforms
Microsoft WindowsNetapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration UtilityFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxVmware ToolsLinux Linux Kernel