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CVE-2017-4898

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.

Published

2017-06-07T18:29:00.210

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware workstation_player 12.0.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_player 12.0.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation_player 12.1.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_player 12.5.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_player 12.5.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation_player 12.5.2 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.0.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.0.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.1.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.5.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.5.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro 12.5.2 Yes
References