Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3650
CVE-2015-3650
Description
vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.
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28cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_client:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_client:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_client:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <5.4.2 for local-mode 5.x
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <6.0.7 for 5.x and 6.x; <7.1.1 for 7.x
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=7.0, <10.0.7 for 10.x; <11.1.1 for 11.x
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