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CVE-2017-4898

N/A
Published: June 7, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstation ProWorkstation Player

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Workstation Player· VMware
95%
12.0.012.0.112.1.012.5.012.5.112.5.2
Workstation Pro· VMware
95%
12 ≤ v < 12.5.312.0.012.0.112.1.012.5.012.5.112.5.2
Affected range stops below 12.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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