CVE-2017-4938

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

VMware Workstation (en versiones 12.x anteriores a la 12.5.8) y Fusion (en versiones 8.x anteriores a la 8.5.9) contienen una vulnerabilidad de desreferencia de puntero NULL en una llamada de un usuario invitado. Una explotación exitosa de este error puede permitir que atacantes con privilegios de usuario normal cierren de forma inesperada sus máquinas virtuales.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-12-26 CVE Reserved
2017-11-17 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html	2017-12-04

URL	Date	SRC

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 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.0.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.0.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.1.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.4 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.4"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.6 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.6"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				12.5.7 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "12.5.7"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.0.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.0.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.0.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.0.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.0.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.0.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.1.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.1.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.1.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.4 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.4"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.6 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.6"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.7 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.7"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				8.5.8 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "8.5.8"		-		Affected