All the vulnerabilites related to VMware - Workstation Pro/Player
cve-2017-4916
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-22 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:47
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/ | exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player |
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cve-2017-4899
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-07 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK |
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| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player |
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cve-2017-4901
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-08 13:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID |
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player | |
| VMware | Fusion Pro / Fusion |
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cve-2017-4900
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-07 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96770 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID | |
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| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK |
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| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
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| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player |
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cve-2017-4898
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-07 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.
References
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|---|---|---|
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| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player |
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cve-2017-4915
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-22 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:47
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to escalate their privileges to root in a Linux host machine.
References
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|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID | |
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/ | exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | Workstation Pro/Player |
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