CVE-2017-4898 Privilege escalation in Workstation Pro/Player
Local attackers can escalate privileges to System on the host by exploiting a DLL loading vulnerability in VMware Workstation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-4898?
CVE-2017-4898 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pro/Player, published on 7 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4898?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Workstation Player, Vmware Workstation Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2017-4898?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-4898 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4898 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation Pro/Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgmh-44jq-vhhq.