CVE-2017-4901

critical

Published 2017-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.9

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

98%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-47714 local windows

unamer · 2017-08-08

VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	fusion	`8.0.0`
vmware	fusion	`8.0.1`
vmware	fusion	`8.0.2`
vmware	fusion	`8.1.0`
vmware	fusion	`8.1.1`
vmware	fusion	`8.5.0`
vmware	fusion	`8.5.1`
vmware	fusion	`8.5.2`
vmware	fusion	`8.5.3`
vmware	fusion	`8.5.4`
vmware	workstation	`12.0`
vmware	workstation	`12.0.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.1.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.5`
vmware	workstation	`12.5.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.5.2`
vmware	workstation	`12.5.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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