CVE-2017-4916
VMware Workstation 12 Pro - Denial of Service
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.
Workstation Pro/Player de VMware, contiene una vulnerabilidad de desreferencia de un puntero NULL que se presenta en el controlador vstor2. La explotación con éxito de este problema puede permitir a los usuarios del host con privilegios de usuario normal desencadenar una denegación de servicio en una máquina host de Windows.
VMware Workstation version 12 Pro suffers from a null pointer dereference in the vstor2 driver.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2016-12-26 CVE Reserved
- 2017-05-22 CVE Published
- 2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140 | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html | 2017-08-13 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Vmware Search vendor "Vmware" | Workstation Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation Player" | 12.0.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation Player" and version "12.0.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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| Vmware Search vendor "Vmware" | Workstation Pro Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation Pro" | 12.0.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation Pro" and version "12.0.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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