CVE-2017-4898

HIGH

VMware Workstation Pro/Player <12.5.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (13)
VMware/Workstation Pro/Player 12.x prior to version 12.5.3
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_player 12.1.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.5.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.5.1
vmware/workstation_player 12.5.2
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_pro 12.1.0
... and 3 more
Published Jun 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026