CVE-2015-3650

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
10/07/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*