CVE-2017-4945

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2018-01-05 14:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

VMWare Workstation 12.0.0

12.0.0

VMware Workstation 12.0.1

12.0.1

VMware Workstation 12.1

12.1

VMware Workstation 12.1.1

12.1.1

VMware Workstation 12.5

12.5

VMWare Workstation 12.5.0

12.5.0

VMware Workstation 12.5.1

12.5.1

VMware Workstation 12.5.2

12.5.2

VMware Workstation 12.5.3

12.5.3

VMWare Workstation 12.5.4

12.5.4

VMWare Workstation 12.5.5

12.5.5

VMWare Workstation 12.5.6

12.5.6

VMWare Workstation 12.5.7

12.5.7

VMware Workstation 12.5.8

12.5.8

VMware Workstation 12.5.9

12.5.9

VMware Workstation 14.0

14.0

References

102441

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1040109

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1040136

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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