High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-4898
CVE-2017-4898
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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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 12.x prior to version 12.5.3
Patches
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References
3- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979nvd
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