CVE-2017-4898
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-4898 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-06-07 18:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.