CVE-2017-4898

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4898
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-07 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation SVGA and DLL Loading Bugs Let Local Users on the Guest System Deny Service on the Guest or Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
VMSA-2017-0003 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Multiple VMware Workstation Products CVE-2017-4898 DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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