9.9crit
CVE-2017-4901in critical feed1 exploit
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…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
19.9%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
19.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-47714 VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape · local · 2017-08-08
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- VMware Workstation Pro/Player
- VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- Technology feeds
- VMware (RSS, critical only)
References
- vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1038025 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/96881 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-4901
- NVD: CVE-2017-4901
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