VMware ESXi, Fusion, Player, and Workstation updates address important guest privilege escalation vulnerability

VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID:     VMSA-2016-0001
Synopsis:     VMware ESXi, Fusion, Player, and Workstation updates address important guest privilege escalation vulnerability
Updated on:     2016-01-07 (Initial Advisory)
CVE numbers:     CVE-2015-6933

Impacts:
VMware ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201512102-SG
VMware ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201512102-SG
VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201510102-SG
VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201510102-SG
VMware Workstation prior to 11.1.2
VMware Player prior to 7.1.2
VMware Fusion prior to 7.1.2

VMware would like to thank Dmitry Janushkevich from the Secunia Research Team for reporting this issue to us.

See full announcement for more information, including patch/workarounds.

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0001.html
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2078735