CVE-2017-4898 | BDVDB-2026-86186 Detail

VMwareWorkstation Pro/Player

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-06-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.