CVE-2017-4945
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-05 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:11
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.
References
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
VMwareWorkstation
VMwareFusion
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