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. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR 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_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-06-07 11:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03


NVD link : CVE-2017-4898

Mitre link : CVE-2017-4898


JSON object : View

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Products Affected

vmware

  • workstation_player
  • workstation_pro