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CVE-2017-4945

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-4945 is a guest access control vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation (14.x, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x, 8.x). This flaw allows for program execution on locked Windows virtual machines through the Unity feature. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires local access and low privileges to achieve high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040109
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040136
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry