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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-14015 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T14:39:41.379Z
Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-4898
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-06-07T18:29:00.210
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-4898
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Weaknesses
EUVD