VMware Releases Security Advisory

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VMware Releases Security Advisory [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/07/10/VMware-Releases-Security-Advisory ] 07/10/2015 10:12 AM EDT 
Original release date: July 10, 2015

VMware has released security updates to address a host privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation, Player 
and Horizon View Client for Windows. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to escalate privileges on 
an affected VMware system.

Updates available include:


  * VMware Workstation 11.1.1 
  * VMware Workstation 10.0.7 
  * VMware Player 7.1.1 
  * VMware Player 6.0.7 
  * VMware Horizon Client for Windows (with Local Mode Option) 5.4.2 

Users and administrators are encouraged to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2015-0005 [ 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.html ] and apply the necessary updates.

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