6.5med
CVE-2017-49161 exploit
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.0%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
4.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-42140 VMware Workstation 12 Pro - Denial of Service · dos · 2017-06-08
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- VMware Workstation Pro/Player
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1038526 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/98560 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/42140/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-4916
- NVD: CVE-2017-4916
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