CVE-2017-4905 Information disclosure in ESXi
Attackers can exploit uninitialized memory usage in VMware virtualization products to leak sensitive information from the host system.
- 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-2017-4905?
CVE-2017-4905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, 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 ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 have uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4905?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Fusion Pro, Vmware Workstation Player, Vmware Workstation Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2017-4905?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4905 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-4905 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4905 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vv24-23fc-h8gh.