CVE-2017-4898

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	Workstation Pro/Player	12.x prior to version 12.5.3

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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