vulnerability
VMware Workstation: VMware Workstation DLL loading vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0003) (CVE-2017-4898)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2017-03-13 | 2017-03-13 | 2025-04-25 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2017-03-13
Added
2017-03-13
Modified
2025-04-25
Description
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 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.
Solution
vmware-workstation-upgrade-12_5_3
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