FKIE_CVE-2017-4945

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-05 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:19
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware workstation 12.0.0
vmware workstation 12.0.1
vmware workstation 12.1
vmware workstation 12.1.1
vmware workstation 12.5
vmware workstation 12.5.0
vmware workstation 12.5.1
vmware workstation 12.5.2
vmware workstation 12.5.3
vmware workstation 12.5.4
vmware workstation 12.5.5
vmware workstation 12.5.6
vmware workstation 12.5.7
vmware workstation 12.5.8
vmware workstation 12.5.9
vmware workstation 14.0
vmware fusion 8.0
vmware fusion 8.0.1
vmware fusion 8.0.2
vmware fusion 8.1
vmware fusion 8.1.1
vmware fusion 8.5
vmware fusion 8.5.1
vmware fusion 8.5.2
vmware fusion 8.5.3
vmware fusion 8.5.4
vmware fusion 8.5.5
vmware fusion 8.5.6
vmware fusion 8.5.7
vmware fusion 8.5.8
vmware fusion 8.5.9
vmware fusion 8.5.10
vmware fusion 10.0
vmware fusion 10.0.1
vmware fusion 10.1.0
vmware fusion 10.1.1
apple mac_os_x -
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