CVE-2017-4939

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-4939
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-17T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-03T17:38:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101890 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4939
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4939
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:15:38 2017-11-17T21:29Z 2017-11-17T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:15:38 2017-12-03T17:38:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:15:38 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated