CVE-2017-4898 is a DLL loading vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation Pro and Player 12.x before version 12.5.3. This flaw allows a normal user to escalate privileges to System on the host machine due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a user-defined environment path. Rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, it has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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