CVE-2017-4898 - VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs du

CVE-2017-4898

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.9 (as of 03-10-2019 - 00:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	96772
confirm	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
sectrack	1037979

Last major update

03-10-2019 - 00:03

Published

07-06-2017 - 18:29

Last modified

03-10-2019 - 00:03