Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-4945

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware/Fusionv5
Range: 10.x
VMware/Workstationv5
Range: 14.x

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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