CVE-2017-4941 is a stack overflow vulnerability affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, allowing an authenticated VNC session to trigger remote code execution in a virtual machine via specially crafted VNC packets. It carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and authenticated access leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. Exploitation in ESXi requires VNC to be manually enabled and firewall rules configured to permit VNC traffic.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170901001s:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170904001:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.