CVE-2017-4939

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4939
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-17 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-03 17:38:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2017-0018.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation DLL Loading CVE-2017-4939 Local 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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