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CVE-2017-4939

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Publication date:
17/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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