CVE-2017-4898

Published: Jun 7, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

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 (12)

Products: Vmware: Workstation Player, Workstation Pro

Vmware

2 products

Workstation Player

Workstation Pro

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.0.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.0.1
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.1.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.5.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.5.1
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.5.2
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.0.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.0.1
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.1.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.5.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.5.1
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.5.2