CVE-2017-4945

Medium

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Workstation
PublishedJan 5, 2018
First seenJan 5, 2018

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware workstation12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.1.1, 12.5, 12.5.0, 12.5.1, 12.5.2, 12.5.3, 12.5.4, 12.5.5, 12.5.6, 12.5.7, 12.5.8, 12.5.9, 14.0—
vmware fusion8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4, 8.5.5, 8.5.6, 8.5.7, 8.5.8, 8.5.9, 8.5.10, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.1.1—

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