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CVE-2017-4945 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware workstation
12.0.0
12.0.1
12.1
12.1.1
12.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware fusion
8.0
8.0.1
8.0.2
8.1
8.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-4945
NVD Published Date:
Jan 5, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]