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. Su...
HighCVSS 8.8
EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware workstation player | = 12.0.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation player | = 12.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation player | = 12.1.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation player | = 12.5.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation player | = 12.5.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation player | = 12.5.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.0.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.1.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.5.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.5.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware workstation pro | = 12.5.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation Pro/Player | = 12.x prior to version 12.5.3 | No fix listed |
References
- 96772 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 1037979 vdb-entry
- www.vmware.com patch vendor-advisory