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CVE-2017-4898
Published: Jun 7, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
VMware | Workstation Pro/Player | affected 12.x prior to version 12.5.3 |
References
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
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96772
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1037979
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