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CVE-2017-4945

N/A

Published: January 5, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.

Affected

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

Fusion · VMware

95%

10.0 10.0.1 10.1.0 10.1.1 10.x 8.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 8.1 8.1.1 8.5 8.5.1 8.5.10 8.5.2 8.5.3 8.5.4 8.5.5 8.5.6 8.5.7 8.5.8 8.5.9 8.x

apple-macos (environment)

Workstation · VMware

95%

12.0.0 12.0.1 12.1 12.1.1 12.5 12.5.0 12.5.1 12.5.2 12.5.3 12.5.4 12.5.5 12.5.6 12.5.7 12.5.8 12.5.9 12.x 14.0 14.x

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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