Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-4939

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.

  • Published: Nov 17, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-4939
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / workstation 12.5.2 12.5.2.x
vmware / workstation 12.1.1 12.1.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.0.1 12.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.1 12.5.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.3 12.5.3.x
vmware / workstation 12.0.0 12.0.0.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.0 12.5.0.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.4 12.5.4.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.5 12.5.5.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.6 12.5.6.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.7 12.5.7.x