CVE-2015-3650

High

Description

vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Player
PublishedJul 10, 2015
First seenJul 10, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware player5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 7.0, 7.1—
vmware workstation10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5, 10.0.6, 11.0, 11.1—
vmware horizon_view_client5.4, 5.4.1—

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